Rita Zohar
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Rita Zohar is an actress with a career spanning film, television, and theater. She was born during World War II in a concentration camp in Balta (then part of the Kingdom of Romania). She emigrated to Israel with her mother in the 1950s and began acting at the Cameri Theatre, performing in Yiddish. In the 1980s she moved to the United States and appeared on television series including Quincy M.E., St. Elsewhere, and Cagney & Lacey. Her film credits from that period include Daniel (1983), Amadeus (1984), The Deliberate Stranger (1986), and Lady in White (1988). She won the Israeli Film Academy’s Best Actress award for Laura Adler’s Last Love Affair (1990). Her later roles include Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats (2009) and Eleanor the Great (2025).
Known for
Credits
Waterworld (1995)
as Atoller
Eleanor the Great (2025)
as Bessie
Final Analysis (1992)
as Dr. Grusin
Lady in White (1988)
as Mrs. Agnes Cilak
Bella Mafia (1997)
as Sister Giuliana
The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
as Eleanor Rose
A Call to Remember (1997)
as Renya Weiss
Daniel (1983)
as Grandmother
The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996)
as Peter's Mother
From the Dead of Night (1989)
as Elena
Roses Are for the Rich (1987)
as Daisy
Tree #3 (2019)
as Nurit
The Disappearance of Christina (1993)
as Anna
Young Harry Houdini (1987)
as Mrs. Weiss
The Execution (1985)
Actor
Unspoken (2024)
as Mrs. Helfgott
Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats (2011)
as Yolanda Moskowitz
The Last Love of Laura Adler (1990)
as Laura
Porcelain Unicorn (2010)
as Older Woman