Rita Karin

Rita Karin

Acting
October 24, 1919 September 10, 1993 Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania] 1 popularity
IMDb

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.

Movies

11 titles
The Pickle
4K 5.0

Grandmother

The Pickle

1993
He Said, She Said
4K 5.9

Mrs. Spepk

He Said, She Said

1991
Age Isn't Everything
4K 2.7

Flo

Age Isn't Everything

1991
Enemies, a Love Story
4K 6.2

Mrs. Schreier

Enemies, a Love Story

1989
Kojak: The Belarus File
4K 6.8

Kojak: The Belarus File

1985
Sophie's Choice
4K 7.3

Yetta

Sophie's Choice

1982
Starstruck
4K 8.0

Mrs. Reuben

Starstruck

1981
The Big Fix
4K 5.9

Aunt Sonya

The Big Fix

1978
Matilda
4K 5.7

Spectator

Matilda

1978
Up the Sandbox
4K 5.9

Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)

Up the Sandbox

1972
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
4K 5.2

Mrs. Goldfarb

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

1971

TV Shows

3 titles
Chicken Soup
4K 7.5
TV

Bea Fisher

Chicken Soup

1989
Kate & Allie
4K 6.1
TV

Kate & Allie

1984
ABC Afterschool Special
4K 6.5
TV

Mrs. Reuben

ABC Afterschool Special

1972