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Rita Karin
Acting
Born: 1919-10-24 in 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.
Known For
Kate & Allie
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Reuben
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
Matilda
Spectator
Chicken Soup
Bea Fisher
The Pickle
Grandmother
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb
Age Isn't Everything
Flo
Kojak: The Belarus File
Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben