As Actor
He Said, She Said
1991
5.9
Rita Karin
Acting
Birth Date
October 24, 1919
Place of Birth
Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Date of Death
September 10, 1993
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.
