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.
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Acting Credits
Acting
Movie
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
1982
Movie
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
1991
Movie
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
1989
Movie
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
1978
Movie
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb
1971
Movie
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
1972
TV
Kate & Allie
1984
TV
ABC Afterschool Special
as Mrs. Reuben
1972
Movie
The Pickle
as Grandmother
1993
Movie
Matilda
as Spectator
1978
Movie
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo
1991
Movie
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
TV
Chicken Soup
as Bea Fisher
1989
Movie
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
1981
Movie
Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
1974