Rita Karin
October 24, 1919Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
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
Starstruck
1981 · 8.0
Chicken Soup
1989 · 7.5
Sophie's Choice
1982 · 7.3
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985 · 6.8
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · 6.5
Kate & Allie
1984 · 6.2
Enemies, a Love Story
1989 · 6.2
He Said, She Said
1991 · 5.9
The Big Fix
1978 · 5.9
Up the Sandbox
1972 · 5.9
Matilda
1978 · 5.7
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971 · 5.2
The Pickle
1993 · 5.0
Age Isn't Everything
1991 · 2.7