Zelda Rubinstein
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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
Poltergeist (1982)
as Tangina Barrons
Sixteen Candles (1984)
as Organist
Teen Witch (1989)
as Madame Serina
Southland Tales (2007)
as Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
as Tangina Barrons
Poltergeist III (1988)
as Tangina Barrons
Wishcraft (2002)
as Medical Examiner
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
as Mrs. Collinwood
Frances (1982)
as Mental Patient
Americathon (1979)
Actor
The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2002)
as Psychiatrist (voice)
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991)
as Butterfingers O'Malley
Anguish (1987)
as Alice Pressman, the Mother
National Lampoon's Last Resort (1994)
as Old Hermit
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (1986)
as Ralph's Mother (voice)
Little Witches (1996)
as Mother Clodah
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland (2008)
as Self
Under the Rainbow (1981)
as Iris
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998)
as Micha
Guilty as Charged (1991)
as Edna
Lover's Knot (1996)
as Woman in Clinic
Acting on Impulse (1993)
as Nosy Lady
Stormy Weathers (1992)
as Rosamund
Cages (2007)
as Liz
The Unpredictable Pudgy! (1983)
as Herself
The Dancing Princesses (1987)
as Old Woman
Timemaster (1995)
as Betting Clerk
The Wild Card (2004)
as Mrs. Stanfield