Rita Karin
October 24, 1919 (105 years old) 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1993 · The Pickle as Grandmother
- 1991 · He Said, She Said as Mrs. Spepk
- 1991 · Age Isn't Everything as Flo
- 1989 · Enemies, a Love Story as Mrs. Schreier
- 1989 · Chicken Soup as Bea Fisher
- 1984 · Kate & Allie as
- 1982 · Sophie's Choice as Yetta
- 1981 · Starstruck as Mrs. Reuben
- 1978 · The Big Fix as Aunt Sonya
- 1974 · Nicky's World as Mrs. Mylonas
- 1972 · Up the Sandbox as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
- 1972 · ABC Afterschool Special as Mrs. Reuben
- 1971 · The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight as Mrs. Goldfarb