Rita Karin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1919-10-24 (74 years old)

Deathday

1993-09-10

Place of Birth

Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Rita Karin

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.

Acting

1981

Starstruck

as Mrs. Reuben

1993

The Pickle

as Grandmother

1982

1991

He Said, She Said

as Mrs. Spepk

1989

Enemies, a Love Story

as Mrs. Schreier

1974

Nicky's World

as Mrs. Mylonas

1978

The Big Fix

as Aunt Sonya

1972

Up the Sandbox

as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)

1978

Matilda

as Spectator

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