Biography

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.

Known For

Sophie's Choice

Yetta

The Big Fix

Aunt Sonya

He Said, She Said

Mrs. Spepk

Matilda

Spectator

The Pickle

Grandmother

Enemies, a Love Story

Mrs. Schreier

Up the Sandbox

Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Mrs. Goldfarb