Acting credits
14
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Rita Karin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 11Series: 3
TMDB ID: 135170
Known for: Acting
Born: October 24, 1919
Died: September 10, 1993
Age: 73
Place of birth: Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 1993
Years active: 23
Average TMDB rating: 5.96
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Rita Karin.
4.7
The Pickle
as Grandmother
1993 Movie
5.8
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
1991 Movie
2.0
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo
1991 Movie
6.2
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
1989 Movie
6.0
Kojak The Belarus File
1985 Movie
7.3
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
1982 Movie
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
1981 Movie
5.7
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
1978 Movie
5.2
Matilda
as Spectator
1978 Movie
5.8
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
1972 Movie
5.0
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb
1971 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Rita Karin.
