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Rita Karin
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🎂 October 24, 1919📍 Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]🕯️ September 10, 1993 · Age 73
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.
BODY OF WORK
Rita Karin's Filmography
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The Pickle
1993⭐ 5.0
as Grandmother
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He Said, She Said
1991⭐ 5.9
as Mrs. Spepk
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Age Isn't Everything
1991⭐ 2.7
as Flo
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Enemies, a Love Story
1989⭐ 6.2
as Mrs. Schreier
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Kojak: The Belarus File
1985⭐ 6.8
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Sophie's Choice
1982⭐ 7.3
as Yetta
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Starstruck
1981⭐ 8.0
as Mrs. Reuben
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The Big Fix
1978⭐ 5.9
as Aunt Sonya
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Matilda
1978⭐ 5.7
as Spectator
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No Poster
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Nicky's World
1974⭐ 9.0
as Mrs. Mylonas
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Up the Sandbox
1972⭐ 5.9
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971⭐ 5.2
as Mrs. Goldfarb