Rita Karin
October 24, 1919 (105 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
Credits
- 1993 ·The Pickleas Grandmother
- 1991 ·He Said, She Saidas Mrs. Spepk
- 1991 ·Age Isn't Everythingas Flo
- 1989 ·Enemies, a Love Storyas Mrs. Schreier
- 1989 ·Chicken Soupas Bea Fisher
- 1984 ·Kate & Allieas
- 1982 ·Sophie's Choiceas Yetta
- 1981 ·Starstruckas Mrs. Reuben
- 1978 ·The Big Fixas Aunt Sonya
- 1974 ·Nicky's Worldas Mrs. Mylonas
- 1972 ·Up the Sandboxas Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
- 1972 ·ABC Afterschool Specialas Mrs. Reuben
- 1971 ·The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straightas Mrs. Goldfarb