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Rita Karin

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Born: October 24, 1919 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

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.

Filmography12 TITLES
Sophie's Choice
7.3
Sophie's Choice1982
Up the Sandbox
5.8
Up the Sandbox1972
The Pickle
4.7
The Pickle1993
He Said, She Said
5.8
He Said, She Said1991
Enemies, a Love Story
6.2
Enemies, a Love Story1989
The Big Fix
5.7
The Big Fix1978
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
5.0
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight1971
Matilda
5.2
Matilda1978
Kojak The Belarus File
6.0
Kojak The Belarus File1985
Nicky's World
Nicky's World1974
Starstruck
Starstruck1981
Age Isn't Everything
2.0
Age Isn't Everything1991
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