Rita Karin

Geboren am 24. Oktober 1919 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania], gestorben am 10. September 1993.

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.

Sophies Entscheidung (7.3) Sophie's Choice Film · 1982 als Yetta

Feinde – Die Geschichte einer Liebe (6.2) Enemies, a Love Story Film · 1989 als Mrs. Schreier

Na typisch! (5.9) He Said, She Said Film · 1991 als Mrs. Spepk

Der große Trick (5.9) The Big Fix Film · 1978 als Aunt Sonya

Sandkastenspiele (5.9) Up the Sandbox Film · 1972 als Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)

Matilda (5.7) Film · 1978 als Spectator

Wo Gangster um die Ecke knallen (5.2) The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Film · 1971 als Mrs. Goldfarb

Stage Fright – Eine Gurke erobert Hollywood (5.0) The Pickle Film · 1993 als Grandmother

Age Isn't Everything (2.7) Film · 1991 als Flo