Rita Karin

Actress

Born: October 24, 1919 (73 years old)

Died: September 10, 1993

Place of birth: Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Biography

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.

Filmography (10)

• Sophie's Choice (1982, ★ 7.3)
• He Said, She Said (1991, ★ 5.8)
• Enemies, a Love Story (1989, ★ 6.2)
• The Pickle (1993, ★ 4.7)
• The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971, ★ 5)
• The Big Fix (1978, ★ 5.7)
• Up the Sandbox (1972, ★ 5.8)
• ABC Afterschool Special (1972, ★ 6.4)
• Matilda (1978, ★ 5.2)
• Kate & Allie (1984, ★ 5.9)