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Acting
Rita Karin
1919 · Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
12 films
Bio
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
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
Matilda
Spectator
The Pickle
Grandmother
Kojak: The Belarus File
Nicky's World1974
Nicky's World
Mrs. Mylonas
Age Isn't Everything
Flo
Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben