Known for

Acting

Born

Oct 24, 1919

Died

Sep 10, 1993 (aged 73)

Place of birth

Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Rita Karin

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.

Titles

ABC Afterschool Special

Series • 1972

Kate & Allie

Series • 1984

Sophie's Choice

Movie • 1982

He Said, She Said

Movie • 1991

Enemies, a Love Story

Movie • 1989

Up the Sandbox

Movie • 1972

The Pickle

Movie • 1993

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Movie • 1971

The Big Fix

Movie • 1978

Matilda

Movie • 1978