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