Actor
Rita Karin
October 24, 1919 · Wilno, 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Phil Leeds
2 titles together
He Said, She Said, Enemies, a Love Story
Elya Baskin
2 titles together
Enemies, a Love Story, The Pickle
Paul Benedict
2 titles together
Up the Sandbox, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Lionel Stander
2 titles together
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, Matilda
Despo Diamantidou
2 titles together
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, Nicky's World
James Handy
2 titles together
Kojak: The Belarus File, Kojak: The Belarus File
Full filmography · 15
The Pickle
as Grandmother
1993
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
19915.9
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo
1991
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
19896.2
Kojak: The Belarus File
cast
1985
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
19827.3
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
1981
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
19785.8
Matilda
as Spectator
1978Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
1974
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
19725.9
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb
19715.2