Rita Karin
Actor
October 24, 1919 — September 10, 1993 (73 years)
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
| 1993 | The Pickle · as Grandmother |
| 1991 | He Said, She Said · as Mrs. Spepk |
| 1991 | Age Isn't Everything · as FloOn Plex |
| 1989 | Enemies, a Love Story · as Mrs. SchreierOn Plex |
| 1989 | Chicken Soup · as Bea Fisher |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1982 | Sophie's Choice · as YettaOn Plex |
| 1978 | The Big Fix · as Aunt Sonya |
| 1978 | Matilda · as Spectator |
| 1972 | Up the Sandbox · as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special · as Mrs. Reuben |
| 1971 | The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight · as Mrs. Goldfarb |