Rita Karin
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
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Reuben
Kate & Allie
Chicken Soup
Bea Fisher
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
The Pickle
Grandmother
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
Matilda
Spectator
Kojak The Belarus File
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
Age Isn't Everything
Flo
Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben
Nicky's World
Mrs. Mylonas