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.

Cast

Starstruck

Mrs. Reuben

The Pickle

Grandmother

Sophie's Choice

Yetta

He Said, She Said

Mrs. Spepk

Age Isn't Everything

Flo

Enemies, a Love Story

Mrs. Schreier

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Mrs. Goldfarb

Nicky's World

Mrs. Mylonas

The Big Fix

Aunt Sonya

Up the Sandbox

Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)

Kojak The Belarus File

Unknown

Matilda

Spectator