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Rita Karin
ActingBorn 1919-10-24Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
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.
Known for (14 titles)
movieStarstruck
1981 · ★ 8.0
tvChicken Soup
1989 · ★ 7.5
movieSophie's Choice
1982 · ★ 7.3
movieKojak: The Belarus File
1985 · ★ 6.8
tvABC Afterschool Special
1972 · ★ 6.5
movieEnemies, a Love Story
1989 · ★ 6.2
tvKate & Allie
1984 · ★ 6.2
movieHe Said, She Said
1991 · ★ 5.9
movieThe Big Fix
1978 · ★ 5.9
movieUp the Sandbox
1972 · ★ 5.9
movieMatilda
1978 · ★ 5.7
movieThe Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971 · ★ 5.2
movieThe Pickle
1993 · ★ 5.0
movieAge Isn't Everything
1991 · ★ 2.7