Rita Karin
Acting
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.
Filmography 15
Movies (12)
The Pickle1993Grandmother
He Said, She Said1991Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything1991Flo
Enemies, a Love Story1989Mrs. Schreier
Kojak: The Belarus File1985
Sophie's Choice1982Yetta
Starstruck1981Mrs. Reuben
The Big Fix1978Aunt Sonya
Matilda1978Spectator- Nicky's World1974Mrs. Mylonas
Up the Sandbox1972Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight1971Mrs. Goldfarb
Shows (3)
Chicken Soup1989Bea Fisher
Kate & Allie1984
ABC Afterschool Special1972Mrs. Reuben