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

Mrs. Reuben

Starstruck

Grandmother

The Pickle

Yetta

Sophie's Choice

Mrs. Spepk

He Said, She Said

Flo

Age Isn't Everything

Mrs. Schreier

Enemies, a Love Story

Mrs. Goldfarb

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Mrs. Mylonas

Nicky's World

Aunt Sonya

The Big Fix

Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)

Up the Sandbox

Kojak The Belarus File

Spectator

Matilda