Rita Karin
Born
October 24, 1919
Died
September 10, 1993 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
She was a Polish-born American actress best known for her role as Jackie Mason's mother on the 1989 TV series Chicken Soup. Also appeared at the beginning of Sophie's Choice as Yetta, Sophie's (Meryl Streep) landlady. Her voice can be heard singing children's songs from the camps in the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
Known For
The Pickle
Grandmother
4.8
1993
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
5.9
1991
Age Isn't Everything
Flo
2.0
1991
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
6.3
1989
Chicken Soup
Bea Fisher · (12 episodes)
5.0
1989
Kojak The Belarus File
6.0
1985
Kate & Allie
(1 episode)
5.9
1984
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
7.3
1982
Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben
0.0
1981
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
5.7
1978
Matilda
Spectator
5.2
1978
Nicky's World
Mrs. Mylonas
0.0
1974
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
5.8
1972
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Reuben · (1 episode)
6.4
1972
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb
5.0
1971