Rita Karin
Acting
Oct 24, 1919 – Sep 10, 1993 · 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.
- Sophie's Choice1982
as Yetta
- He Said, She Said1991
as Mrs. Spepk