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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 24, 1919
Died
September 10, 1993
Place of Birth
Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Rita Karin
1.3 Popularity
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
Credits
The Pickle
as Grandmother
1993
4.7
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
1991
5.9
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo
1991
2.0
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
1989
6.2
Chicken Soup
as Bea Fisher
1989
5.0
Kojak The Belarus File
1985
6.0
Kate & Allie
1984
5.9
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
1982
7.3
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
1981
0.0
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
1978
5.7
Matilda
as Spectator
1978
5.2
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Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
1974
0.0
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
1972
5.8
ABC Afterschool Special
as Mrs. Reuben
1972
6.4
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb
1971
5.0