Personal Info
Rita Karin
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
The Pickle
as Grandmother
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
Kojak The Belarus File
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
Matilda
as Spectator
Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
