Rita Karin
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
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb
The Pickle
Grandmother
Kojak: The Belarus File
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Filmography
Acting (15)
Movies (12)
The Pickle
1993as Grandmother
He Said, She Said
1991as Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything
1991as Flo
Enemies, a Love Story
1989as Mrs. Schreier
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
Sophie's Choice
1982as Yetta
Starstruck
1981as Mrs. Reuben
The Big Fix
1978as Aunt Sonya
Matilda
1978as Spectator
Nicky's World
1974as Mrs. Mylonas
Up the Sandbox
1972as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971as Mrs. Goldfarb
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