Rita Karin

Active - 1948 - 1991  |   Birth - Oct 24, 1919  |   Death - Sep 10, 1993  |   Genres - Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Mystery-Suspense | Subgenres - Comedy Drama, Detective Film, Neo-Noir, Political Thriller Film, Romantic Comedy

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Rita Karin was a Polish-born American actress best known for her role as Jackie Mason's mother on the 1989 TV series Chicken Soup. She also appeared as Meryl Streep's Brooklyn landlady who appears at the beginning of Sophie's Choice. Her voice can be heard singing children's songs from the camps in the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.

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