Rita Karin
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.
Sophie's Choice
as YettaStingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he...
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He Said, She Said
as Mrs. SpepkWomanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun....
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Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. SchreierA ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his...
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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. GoldfarbA Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.
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The Big Fix
as Aunt SonyaPrivate detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a...
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The Pickle
as GrandmotherHarry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a...
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Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and...
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Age Isn't Everything
as FloYoung man gives up his dream of becoming an astronaut to go into business — and finds himself...
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Starstruck
as Mrs. ReubenAspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational...
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ABC Afterschool Special
as Mrs. ReubenDramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers....
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Kate & Allie
as uncreditedKate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May...
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Chicken Soup
as Bea FisherChicken Soup is an American sitcom that aired on ABC, starring Jackie Mason and Lynn Redgrave.
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