Rita Karin
| Rita Karin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Rita Karpinowicz October 24, 1919 Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania) |
| Died |
September 10, 1993 (aged 73) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Norbert Horowitz |
| Parent(s) | Moses Karpinowicz and Rachel Levitan |
Rita Karin (born Rita Karpinowicz; October 24, 1919 – September 10, 1993) 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.
Born to Moses Karpinowicz and Rachel Levitan in Wilno, Poland (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania), Rita and her husband, Norbert Horowitz, a graduate of the Moscow State Jewish Theater, create a Yiddish theater that performed for Holocaust survivors throughout Europe. The couple emigrated in 1948 to the United States, where she acted in the Yiddish theater in New York City. She and other actors read the works of Sholom Aleichem at the home of Bel Kaufman, Aleichem's granddaughter, each year on the anniversary of the writer's death.[1]
Death
Rita Karin died at 73 from undisclosed causes in New York City.[2]
External links
- Rita Karin at the Internet Movie Database
- Obituary, nytimes.com; accessed February 10, 2016.
- Profile, emory.edu
References
- ↑ Profile, emory.edu; accessed February 12, 2016.
- ↑ Rita Karin at the Internet Movie Database