Rita Karin

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.

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Rita Karin Movies

Discover the best Rita Karin movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Rita Karin ranked by year and score.

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Sophie’s Choice (1982)

Drama Romance War
A young Southern writer arrives in postwar Brooklyn dreaming of literary glory, and instead finds himself drawn into the orbit of two magnetic, self-destructing people. Sophie, a Polish immigrant carrying...
Score 7.3

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According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Rita Karin are Sophie’s Choice.
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