Acting
Rita Karin
Birth Date
October 24, 1919
Death Date
September 10, 1993
(passed away at 73)
Place of Birth
Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Popularity
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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.
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star6.5
TV Show
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Reuben
1972 • 1 episode
star6.0
TV Show
Kate & Allie
1984 • 1 episode
star7.3
Movie
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
1982
star5.9
Movie
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
1991
star5.7
Movie
Matilda
Spectator
1978
star5.0
Movie
The Pickle
Grandmother
1993
star5.8
Movie
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
1978
star6.2
Movie
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
1989
star5.9
Movie
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
1972
star7.5
TV Show
Chicken Soup
Bea Fisher
1989 • 12 episodes
star5.2
Movie
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb
1971
star6.8
Movie
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
star3.0
Movie
Age Isn't Everything
Flo
1991
star9.0
Movie
Nicky's World
Mrs. Mylonas
1974
star8.0
Movie
Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben
1981