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Rita Karin
Acting
24 Oct 1919
† 10 Sept 1993
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.
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Rita Karin's Movies
73%
Sophie's Choice
08 Dec 1982
58%
He Said, She Said
22 Feb 1991
62%
Enemies, a Love Story
13 Dec 1989
57%
The Big Fix
06 Oct 1978
50%
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
22 Dec 1971
58%
Up the Sandbox
21 Dec 1972
47%
The Pickle
30 Apr 1993
52%
Matilda
22 Jun 1978
20%
Age Isn't Everything
02 Jan 1991
60%
Kojak The Belarus File
16 Feb 1985
0%
Starstruck
14 Oct 1981
0%
Nicky's World
19 Apr 1974
