Rita Karin
Acting 1919-10-24 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
TV
⭐ 6.0
Kate & Allie
1984
TV
⭐ 6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
MOV
⭐ 7.3
Sophie's Choice
1982
MOV
⭐ 5.9
He Said, She Said
1991
MOV
⭐ 5.0
The Pickle
1993
TV
⭐ 7.5
Chicken Soup
1989
MOV
⭐ 5.7
Matilda
1978
MOV
⭐ 5.8
The Big Fix
1978
MOV
⭐ 5.9
Up the Sandbox
1972
MOV
⭐ 6.2
Enemies, a Love Story
1989
MOV
⭐ 5.2
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971
MOV
⭐ 6.8
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
MOV
⭐ 3.0
Age Isn't Everything
1991
MOV
⭐ 8.0
Starstruck
1981