Rita Karin
Acting
October 24, 1919
Died at age 73
September 10, 1993
Date of Death
Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
15 Credits
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.
