Cast
Rita Karin
Acting
Cast
Rita Karin
Known for
Acting
Born
1919-10-24
From
Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Died
1993-09-10
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.
★7.3
MOVIE1982
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
★5.0
MOVIE1993
The Pickle
as Grandmother
★5.7
MOVIE1978
Matilda
as Spectator
★5.9
MOVIE1991
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
★8.0
MOVIE1981
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
★5.9
MOVIE1972
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1978
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
★6.2
MOVIE1989
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
★5.2
MOVIE1971
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb
★6.8
MOVIE1985
Kojak: The Belarus File
★9.0
MOVIE1974
Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
★3.0
MOVIE1991
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo