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
Final Analysis (1992)
as Dr. Grusin
Eleanor the Great (2025)
as Bessie
The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
as Eleanor Rose
Lady in White (1988)
as Mrs. Agnes Cilak
Daniel (1983)
as Grandmother
Bella Mafia (1997)
as Sister Giuliana
From the Dead of Night (1989)
as Elena
Tree #3 (2019)
as Nurit
Young Harry Houdini (1987)
as Mrs. Weiss
The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996)
as Peter's Mother
The Disappearance of Christina (1993)
as Anna
Roses Are for the Rich (1987)
as Daisy
A Call to Remember (1997)
as Renya Weiss
The Execution (1985)
Actor
Porcelain Unicorn (2010)
as Older Woman
Unspoken (2024)
as Mrs. Helfgott
The Last Love of Laura Adler (1990)
as Laura
Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats (2011)
as Yolanda Moskowitz