Rita Karin

Personal Info

Birthday

October 24, 1919

Day of Death

1993-09-10

(73 years old)

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.

Known For

ABC Afterschool Special

Sophie's Choice

He Said, She Said

Up the Sandbox

Matilda

Enemies, a Love Story

The Big Fix

The Pickle

Filmography

1993
The Pickle
as Grandmother
1991
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo
1989
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
1982
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
1981
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
1978
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
Matilda
as Spectator
1974
Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
1972
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
1971
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb