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Rita Karin
ActingBorn October 24, 1919 (73 years old at death)· Died September 10, 1993
Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
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.
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Total credits: 15
Known For
TV
★6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
as Mrs. Reuben
TV
★6.0
Kate & Allie
Movie
★7.3
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
Movie
★5.9
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
Movie
★5.7
Matilda
as Spectator
Movie
★5.0
The Pickle
as Grandmother
TV
★7.5
Chicken Soup
as Bea Fisher
Movie
★5.2
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb
Movie
★5.9
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
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Movie
★9.0
Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
Movie
★8.0
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
Movie
★5.8
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
