Actor
Rita Karin
Born 1919 · 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.
Acting
Sophie's Choice
Yetta · 1982
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk · 1991
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier · 1989
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya · 1978
Nicky's World
Mrs. Mylonas · 1974
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Reuben · 1972
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited) · 1972
Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben · 1981
Chicken Soup
Bea Fisher · 1989
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb · 1971
The Pickle
Grandmother · 1993
Matilda
Spectator · 1978
Age Isn't Everything
Flo · 1991