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Rita Karin
Acting
Born: October 24, 1919
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
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
The Pickle
as Grandmother
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
Matilda
as Spectator
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb
Kojak: The Belarus File
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo
