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