Zelda Rubinstein
Born: 1933-05-28 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2010-01-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
Zelda Rubinstein was an American actress and human rights activist, known as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist film series. Playing 'Ginny', she was a regular on David E. Kelley's Emmy Award winning television series Picket Fences for several seasons. She also made guest appearances in the TV show Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996), as seer 'Christina' and was the voice ofSkittles candies in their long-running 'Taste the Rainbow' ad campaign. Rubinstein was also known for her outspoken activism for little people and her early participation in the fight against HIV/AIDS. CC - en.wikipedia.org
Filmography
2008
2007
- Southland Tales as Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
- Cages as Liz
2006
- Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon as Mrs. Collinwood
2004
- The Wild Card as Mrs. Stanfield
2002
- Wishcraft as Medical Examiner
- The Flintstones: On the Rocks as Psychiatrist (voice)
1999
- Where Are They Now? as Self
1998
1996
- Hey Arnold!
- The Pretender as Pawn Shop Lady
- Little Witches as Mother Clodah
- Poltergeist: The Legacy as Christina
- Lover's Knot as Woman in Clinic
- E! True Hollywood Story
1995
- Caroline in the City as Phyllis
- Timemaster as Betting Clerk
1994
- National Lampoon's Last Resort as Old Hermit
1993
- Acting on Impulse as Nosy Lady
1992
- Martin as Nurse Froyd
- Picket Fences as Ginny Weedon
- Stormy Weathers as Rosamund
1991
- The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw as Butterfingers O'Malley
- Guilty As Charged as Edna
1990
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Nora
- Teen Witch as Madame Serina
1988
- Poltergeist III as Tangina Barrons
1987
- Anguish as Alice Pressman, the Mother
- The Dancing Princesses as Old Woman
1986
- The Mouse and the Motorcycle as Ralph's Mother (voice)
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side as Tangina Barrons
1984
- Sixteen Candles as Organist
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Jennifer Slept Here
1982
- Matt Houston
- Faerie Tale Theatre as The Old Woman
- Poltergeist as Tangina Barrons
- Frances as Mental Patient
1981
- Under the Rainbow as Iris
1980
- The Flintstone Comedy Show as Atrocia Frankenstone
- The Frankenstones as Atrocia Frankenston (voice)