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Rita Karin

Actor

Rita Karin

Acting
1978 — 1991 · 4 films
Lived
24 October 1919 — d. 1993
From
Wilno, 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.

Career Signature

How Rita Karin’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.