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Rita Karin

Rita Karin

ActingBorn 1919-10-24Died 1993-09-10 (73)Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

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

Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

ABC Afterschool Special

ABC Afterschool Special

Enemies, a Love Story

Enemies, a Love Story

Kojak The Belarus File

Kojak The Belarus File

Kate & Allie

Kate & Allie

He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said

Up the Sandbox

Up the Sandbox

The Big Fix

The Big Fix

Matilda

Matilda

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Filmography

14 credits

The Pickle

The Pickle

He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said

Age Isn't Everything

Age Isn't Everything

Enemies, a Love Story

Enemies, a Love Story

Chicken Soup

Chicken Soup

Kojak The Belarus File

Kojak The Belarus File

Kate & Allie

Kate & Allie

Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

Starstruck

Starstruck

The Big Fix

The Big Fix

Matilda

Matilda

Up the Sandbox

Up the Sandbox

ABC Afterschool Special

ABC Afterschool Special

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

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