Rita Karin
Born: 1919-10-24 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Died: 1993-09-10
Known For: 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
1993
- The Pickle as Grandmother
1991
- Age Isn't Everything as Flo
- He Said, She Said as Mrs. Spepk
1989
- Enemies, a Love Story as Mrs. Schreier
- Chicken Soup as Bea Fisher
1984
1982
- Sophie's Choice as Yetta
1981
- Starstruck as Mrs. Reuben
1978
- Matilda as Spectator
- The Big Fix as Aunt Sonya
1974
- Nicky's World as Mrs. Mylonas
1972
- ABC Afterschool Special as Mrs. Reuben
- Up the Sandbox as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
1971
- The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight as Mrs. Goldfarb