Rita Karin

Oct 24, 1919 - Sep 10, 1993 (73 years old) in 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

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ABC Afterschool Special

Mrs. Reuben

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The Pickle

Grandmother

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Matilda

Spectator

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Sophie's Choice

Yetta

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Kate & Allie

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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Mrs. Goldfarb

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The Big Fix

Aunt Sonya

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Starstruck

Mrs. Reuben

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Up the Sandbox

Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)

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He Said, She Said

Mrs. Spepk

Credits

The Pickle 1993

Grandmother

★ 4.7
He Said, She Said 1991

Mrs. Spepk

★ 5.9
Age Isn't Everything 1991

Flo

★ 2
Enemies, a Love Story 1989

Mrs. Schreier

★ 6.2
Chicken Soup 1989

Bea Fisher

★ 5
Kojak The Belarus File 1985

★ 6
Kate & Allie 1984

★ 5.9
Sophie's Choice 1982

Yetta

★ 7.3
Starstruck 1981

Mrs. Reuben

★ NR
The Big Fix 1978

Aunt Sonya

★ 5.7
Matilda 1978

Spectator

★ 5.2
Nicky's World 1974

Mrs. Mylonas

★ NR
Up the Sandbox 1972

Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)

★ 5.8
ABC Afterschool Special 1972

Mrs. Reuben

★ 6.4
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight 1971

Mrs. Goldfarb

★ 5