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Rita Karin

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

24 October 1919, 106 years old

Known For

Filmography