Rita Karin
Acting
October 24, 1919 — September 10, 1993Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
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
1993The Pickle
Grandmother
1991He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
1991Age Isn't Everything
Flo
1989Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
1985Kojak The Belarus File
1982Sophie's Choice
Yetta
1981Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben
1978The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
1978Matilda
Spectator
1972Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
1971The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb