Rita Karin
Actor
Born October 24, 1919 in 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.
Filmography
The Pickle
Grandmother
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything
Flo
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
Chicken Soup
Bea Fisher
Kojak: The Belarus File
Kate & Allie
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
Matilda
Spectator
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Reuben
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb