Rita Karin

Biography

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

Kate & Allie

ABC Afterschool Special

Sophie's Choice

The Pickle

He Said, She Said

Up the Sandbox

The Big Fix

Chicken Soup

All Movies (12)

• The Pickle1993 · as Grandmother
• He Said, She Said1991 · as Mrs. Spepk
• Age Isn't Everything1991 · as Flo
• Enemies, a Love Story1989 · as Mrs. Schreier
• Kojak: The Belarus File1985
• Sophie's Choice1982 · as Yetta
• Starstruck1981 · as Mrs. Reuben
• The Big Fix1978 · as Aunt Sonya
• Matilda1978 · as Spectator
• Nicky's World1974 · as Mrs. Mylonas
• Up the Sandbox1972 · as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
• The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight1971 · as Mrs. Goldfarb

All TV Shows (3)

• Chicken Soup1989 · as Bea Fisher
• Kate & Allie1984
• ABC Afterschool Special1972 · as Mrs. Reuben