Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Age73
Birth DateOctober 24, 1919
Place of BirthWilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Rita Karin
October 24, 1919 – 1993
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
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
Kate & Allie
1984
Sophie's Choice
1982
The Pickle
1993
He Said, She Said
1991
The Big Fix
1978
Up the Sandbox
1972
Matilda
1978
Enemies, a Love Story
1989
Chicken Soup
1989
Kojak The Belarus File
1985
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971
Age Isn't Everything
1991
Nicky's World
1974
Starstruck
1981