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Rita Karin

Oct 24, 1919 - Sep 10, 1993 (73 years old) in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

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.

Known For

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ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Reuben
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Kate & Allie
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Sophie's Choice
Yetta
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He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
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The Pickle
Grandmother
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Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
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Chicken Soup
Bea Fisher
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The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
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Matilda
Spectator
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Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier

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