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Cast & creator
Rita Karin
Best known for ABC Afterschool Special, Kate & Allie, Sophie's Choice
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
12
film credits
Series
3
television credits
Career
15
1971–1993 · acting roles
Credit score
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (15)
Showing 15 of 15 credits
Series
★ 6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Reuben
1972
Series
★ 6.2
Kate & Allie
1984
Movie
★ 7.3
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
1982
Movie
★ 5.9
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
1991
Series
★ 7.5
Chicken Soup
Bea Fisher
1989
Movie
★ 5.2
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb
1971
Movie
★ 6.2
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
1989
Movie
★ 5.9
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
1978
Movie
★ 5.9
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
1972
Movie
★ 6.8
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
Movie
★ 5.0
The Pickle
Grandmother
1993
Movie
★ 5.7
Matilda
Spectator
1978
Movie
★ 2.7
Age Isn't Everything
Flo
1991
Movie
★ 8.0
Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben
1981N
Movie
★ 9.0
Nicky's World
Mrs. Mylonas
1974