Zelda Rubinstein
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 28, 1933
- Died
- Jan 27, 2010 (aged 76)
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 47
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
Filmography
Commitment to Life
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
2008Movie
Self
Southland Tales
2007Movie
Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
Cages
2007Movie
Liz
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
2006Movie
Mrs. Collinwood
The Wild Card
2004Movie
Mrs. Stanfield
Wishcraft
2002Movie
Medical Examiner
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
2002Movie
Psychiatrist (voice)
Where Are They Now?
1999TV
Self
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
1998Movie
Micha
Little Witches
1996Movie
Mother Clodah
Hey Arnold!
1996TV
The Pretender
1996TV
Pawn Shop Lady
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Lover's Knot
1996Movie
Woman in Clinic
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996TV
Christina
Caroline in the City
1995TV
Phyllis
Timemaster
1995Movie
Betting Clerk
National Lampoon's Last Resort
1994Movie
Old Hermit
Acting on Impulse
1993Movie
Nosy Lady
Picket Fences
1992TV
Ginny Weedon
Goof Troop
1992TV
Madame Zeldarina (voice)
Martin
1992TV
Nurse Froyd
Stormy Weathers
1992Movie
Rosamund
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991Movie
Butterfingers O'Malley
Darkwing Duck
1991TV
Darkwing Duck's Mother / Negaduck's Mother (voice)
Guilty as Charged
1991Movie
Edna
Shades of L.A.
1990TV
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Nora
Teen Witch
1989Movie
Madame Serina
Poltergeist III
1988Movie
Tangina Barrons
The Dancing Princesses
1987Movie
Old Woman
Anguish
1987Movie
Alice Pressman, the Mother
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
1986Movie
Ralph's Mother (voice)
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986Movie
Tangina Barrons
Sixteen Candles
1984Movie
Organist
Jennifer Slept Here
1983TV
Reading Rainbow
1983TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983Movie
Herself
Frances
1982Movie
Mental Patient
Matt Houston
1982TV
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982TV
The Old Woman
Poltergeist
1982Movie
Tangina Barrons
Under the Rainbow
1981Movie
Iris
The Flintstone Comedy Show
1980TV
Atrocia Frankenstone
The Frankenstones
1980TV
Atrocia Frankenston (voice)
Americathon
1979Movie