Rita Karin
Acting
73 years oldWilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]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.
Personal Details
Movies (12)
4.7
The Pickle
as Grandmother
1993
5.8
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
1991
2.0
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo
1991
6.2
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
1989
6.0
Kojak The Belarus File
1985
7.3
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
1982
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
1981
5.7
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
1978
5.2
Matilda
as Spectator
1978
Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
1974
5.8
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
1972
5.0
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb
1971
