Known For Acting
Popular 8.829
Birthday
1919-10-24
Place of Birth Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Also Known As
Rita Karin
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.
