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Rita Karin

Rita Karin

ActingBorn: October 24, 1919in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]Died: September 10, 1993

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.

The Pickle

The Pickle

as Grandmother

He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said

as Mrs. Spepk

Age Isn't Everything

Age Isn't Everything

as Flo

Enemies, a Love Story

Enemies, a Love Story

as Mrs. Schreier

Chicken Soup

Chicken Soup

as Bea Fisher

Kojak: The Belarus File

Kojak: The Belarus File

as Unknown

Kate & Allie

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Kate & Allie

as Unknown

Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

as Yetta

Starstruck

Starstruck

as Mrs. Reuben

The Big Fix

The Big Fix

as Aunt Sonya

Matilda

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Matilda

as Spectator

Nicky's World

as Mrs. Mylonas

Up the Sandbox

Up the Sandbox

as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)

ABC Afterschool Special

ABC Afterschool Special

as Mrs. Reuben

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

as Mrs. Goldfarb