Rita Karin
Actor
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.
Filmography
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk 1991
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier 1989
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya 1978
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb 1971
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited) 1972
The Pickle
as Grandmother 1993
Matilda
as Spectator 1978
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo 1991
Kojak The Belarus File
1985
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben 1981