Rita Karin
Actor
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.
Born1919-10-24
Place of BirthWilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Known For
6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
Drama
6.1
Kate & Allie
ComedyDrama
7.3
Sophie's Choice
DramaRomance
5.8
The Big Fix
ComedyThriller
5.9
He Said, She Said
ComedyDrama
5.0
The Pickle
ComedyDrama
7.5
Chicken Soup
Comedy
5.2
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
ComedyCrime
5.7
Matilda
ComedyCrime
6.2
Enemies, a Love Story
ComedyDrama
5.9
Up the Sandbox
ComedyDrama
6.8
Kojak: The Belarus File
CrimeMystery
2.7
Age Isn't Everything
ComedyDrama
8.0
Starstruck
DramaMusic
9.0
Nicky's World
DramaTV Movie