Rita Karin

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.

Date of Birth : 1919-10-24

Place of Birth : Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Rita Karin

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Movies

Starstruck
The Pickle
Sophie's Choice
He Said, She Said
Age Isn't Everything
Enemies, a Love Story
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
The Big Fix
Up the Sandbox

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