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.

Rita Karin

Acting Born October 24, 1919 – Died September 10, 1993 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

ABC Afterschool Special

Mrs. Reuben

Kate & Allie

Sophie's Choice

Yetta

He Said, She Said

Mrs. Spepk

The Big Fix

Aunt Sonya

Enemies, a Love Story

Mrs. Schreier

The Pickle

Grandmother

Chicken Soup

Bea Fisher

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Mrs. Goldfarb

Up the Sandbox

Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)

Matilda

Spectator

Kojak: The Belarus File