Rita Karin
Actor
- Born
- October 24, 1919 · Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
- Died
- September 10, 1993 (age 73)
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
December 8, 1982
He Said, She Said
February 22, 1991
Enemies, a Love Story
December 13, 1989
The Big Fix
October 6, 1978
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
December 22, 1971
Up the Sandbox
December 21, 1972
The Pickle
April 30, 1993
Age Isn't Everything
January 2, 1991
Matilda
June 22, 1978
Kojak: The Belarus File
February 16, 1985
Starstruck
October 14, 1981
Acting12
- 1993The Pickle as Grandmother
- 1991He Said, She Said as Mrs. Spepk
- 1991Age Isn't Everything as Flo
- 1989Enemies, a Love Story as Mrs. Schreier
- 1985Kojak: The Belarus File
- 1982Sophie's Choice as Yetta
- 1981Starstruck as Mrs. Reuben
- 1978The Big Fix as Aunt Sonya
- 1978Matilda as Spectator
- 1974Nicky's World as Mrs. Mylonas