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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.
Top Filmography
7.3
Sophie's Choice
1982 // MOVIE
5.8
He Said, She Said
1991 // MOVIE
6.2
Enemies, a Love Story
1989 // MOVIE
5.7
The Big Fix
1978 // MOVIE
5.0
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971 // MOVIE
5.9
Kate & Allie
1984 // TV
5.8
Up the Sandbox
1972 // MOVIE
6.4
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 // TV
4.7
The Pickle
1993 // MOVIE
5.2
Matilda
1978 // MOVIE
2.0
Age Isn't Everything
1991 // MOVIE
6.0
Kojak The Belarus File
1985 // MOVIE
5.0
Chicken Soup
1989 // TV
0.0
Starstruck
1981 // MOVIE
0.0
Nicky's World
1974 // MOVIE