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    Rita Karin

    1919-10-24 (104 years old) in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

    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.

    Movies

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    The Pickle
    48 %|Apr 30, 1993
    Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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    He Said, She Said
    59 %|Feb 22, 1991
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Age Isn't Everything
    20 %|Jan 2, 1991
    Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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    Enemies, a Love Story
    64.03 %|Dec 13, 1989
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Sophie's Choice
    73.31 %|Dec 8, 1982
    Drama, Romance, War
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    Starstruck
    0 %|Oct 14, 1981
    Drama, Music, Romance, TV Movie
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    The Big Fix
    57 %|Oct 6, 1978
    Comedy, Thriller, Mystery
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    Nicky's World
    0 %|Apr 19, 1974
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Up the Sandbox
    58 %|Dec 21, 1972
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
    49 %|Dec 22, 1971
    Comedy, Crime

    Series

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    Chicken Soup
    50 %|Sep 12, 1989
    Comedy
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    Kate & Allie
    58 %|Mar 19, 1984
    Comedy, Drama, Family
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    ABC Afterschool Special
    63 %|Oct 4, 1972
    Drama