Rita Karin

DOB: 1919-10-24

DOD: 1993-09-10

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.

Starred In

1981
Movie

Starstruck

1993
Movie

The Pickle

1982
Movie

Sophie's Choice

1991
Movie

He Said, She Said

1974
Movie

Nicky's World

1978
Movie

The Big Fix

1972
Movie

Up the Sandbox

1978
Movie

Matilda

1984
Tv

Kate & Allie

1989
Tv

Chicken Soup