What show was the Broadway debut of the actress who made her film debut with Polish Wedding?
Polish Wedding Polish Wedding is a 1998 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Theresa Connelly. It was screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 1998 and Berlin International Film Festival on February 12. It was released in the U.S. on July 17. It takes place within the Polish American community of Hamtramck, Michigan – the childhood home of director Theresa Connelly – at some time between the 1950s and 1970s. Virtually all characters are Polish Americans, though the actors playing them are mostly of other ethnic origins. The film is also (a then-unknown) Kristen Bell's film debut in her uncredited role.
Rita Karin 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.