Zelda Rubinstein
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 28, 1933
- Died
- January 27, 2010 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Commitment to Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
Movie · as Self
Cages
Movie · as Liz
Southland Tales
Movie · as Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Movie · as Mrs. Collinwood
The Wild Card
Movie · as Mrs. Stanfield
Wishcraft
Movie · as Medical Examiner
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
Movie · as Psychiatrist (voice)
Where Are They Now?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Movie · as Micha
Little Witches
Movie · as Mother Clodah
Lover's Knot
Movie · as Woman in Clinic
Hey Arnold!
TV · 1 ep
The Pretender
TV · as Pawn Shop Lady · 1 ep
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
Poltergeist: The Legacy
TV · as Christina · 1 ep
Timemaster
Movie · as Betting Clerk
Caroline in the City
TV · as Phyllis · 1 ep
National Lampoon's Last Resort
Movie · as Old Hermit
Acting on Impulse
Movie · as Nosy Lady
Stormy Weathers
Movie · as Rosamund
Martin
TV · as Nurse Froyd · 1 ep
Picket Fences
TV · as Ginny Weedon · 44 eps
Goof Troop
TV · as Madame Zeldarina (voice) · 1 ep
Guilty as Charged
Movie · as Edna
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Movie · as Butterfingers O'Malley
Darkwing Duck
TV · as Darkwing Duck's Mother / Negaduck's Mother (voice) · 1 ep
Shades of L.A.
TV · 1 ep
Teen Witch
Movie · as Madame Serina
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Nora · 1 ep
Poltergeist III
Movie · as Tangina Barrons
Anguish
Movie · as Alice Pressman, the Mother
The Dancing Princesses
Movie · as Old Woman
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Movie · as Tangina Barrons
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Movie · as Ralph's Mother (voice)
Sixteen Candles
Movie · as Organist
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
Movie · as Herself
Jennifer Slept Here
TV · 1 ep
Reading Rainbow
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Poltergeist
Movie · as Tangina Barrons
Frances
Movie · as Mental Patient
Matt Houston
TV · 1 ep
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as The Old Woman · 1 ep
Under the Rainbow
Movie · as Iris
The Flintstone Comedy Show
TV · as Atrocia Frankenstone · 126 eps
The Frankenstones
TV · as Atrocia Frankenston (voice) · 11 eps
Americathon
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