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Rita Karin

Born 24 October 1919 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Died 10 September 1993 (aged 73)

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.

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Sealed
1982
Sophie's Choice Yetta
Sealed
1991
He Said, She Said Mrs. Spepk
Sealed
1989
Enemies, a Love Story Mrs. Schreier
Sealed
1978
The Big Fix Aunt Sonya