Zelda Rubinstein
May 28, 1933 (92 years old) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Zelda Rubinstein (May 28, 1933 – January 27, 2010) 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2008 · USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland as Self
- 2007 · Southland Tales as Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
- 2007 · 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
- 2002 · The Flintstones: On the Rocks as Psychiatrist (voice)
- 1999 · Where Are They Now? as Self
- 1998 · Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights as Micha
- 1996 · Little Witches as Mother Clodah
- 1996 · Hey Arnold! as
- 1996 · The Pretender as Pawn Shop Lady
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Lover's Knot as Woman in Clinic
- 1996 · Poltergeist: The Legacy as Christina
- 1995 · Caroline in the City as Phyllis
- 1995 · Timemaster as Betting Clerk
- 1994 · National Lampoon's Last Resort as Old Hermit
- 1993 · Acting on Impulse as Nosy Lady
- 1992 · Picket Fences as Ginny Weedon
- 1992 · Martin as Nurse Froyd
- 1992 · Stormy Weathers as Rosamund
- 1991 · The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw as Butterfingers O'Malley
- 1991 · Guilty As Charged as Edna
- 1990 · Shades of L.A. as
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Nora
- 1989 · Teen Witch as Madame Serina
- 1988 · Poltergeist III as Tangina Barrons
- 1987 · The Dancing Princesses as Old Woman
- 1987 · Anguish as Alice Pressman, the Mother
- 1986 · The Mouse and the Motorcycle as Ralph's Mother (voice)
- 1986 · Poltergeist II: The Other Side as Tangina Barrons
- 1984 · Sixteen Candles as Organist
- 1983 · Jennifer Slept Here as
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Frances as Mental Patient
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as The Old Woman
- 1982 · Poltergeist as Tangina Barrons
- 1981 · Under the Rainbow as Iris
- 1980 · The Flintstone Comedy Show as Atrocia Frankenstone
- 1980 · The Frankenstones as Atrocia Frankenston (voice)
- 1979 · Americathon as