Acting

Rita Karin

Born 24 October 1919 · Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania] · Died 10 September 1993 at 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.