Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 24, 1919
Place of Birth
Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Rita Karin
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.
Known For - Movies
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Pickle
as Grandmother
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
Matilda
as Spectator
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb
Kojak The Belarus File
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
