Rita Karin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 24, 1919
- Died
- September 10, 1993
- Birthplace
- Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
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.
Filmography
The Pickle 1993
as Grandmother
He Said, She Said 1991
as Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything 1991
as Flo
Enemies, a Love Story 1989
as Mrs. Schreier
Kojak: The Belarus File 1985
Actor
Sophie's Choice 1982
as Yetta
Starstruck 1981
as Mrs. Reuben
The Big Fix 1978
as Aunt Sonya
Matilda 1978
as Spectator
- Nicky's World
Nicky's World 1974
as Mrs. Mylonas
Up the Sandbox 1972
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight 1971
as Mrs. Goldfarb
Credits from TMDB.