Acting
Rita Karin
1919-1993
Known for Sophie's Choice, He Said, She Said, Enemies, a Love Story.
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Born10/24/1919
Died09/10/1993
AgeDied at 73
BirthplaceWilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
DepartmentActing
Biography
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.
