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Zelda Rubinstein
Highest Rated: 88% Poltergeist (1982)
Lowest Rated: 16% Poltergeist III (1988)
Birthday: May 28, 1933
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
The diminutive, squeaky-voiced actress Zelda Rubinstein became a star overnight as the medium Tangina in "Poltergeist" (1982) and its sequels. However, she struggled to find similarly dramatic work in the two decades that followed; more often than not, she was reduced to playing eccentrics or variants on her most famous character. However, she remained active and, from all accounts, game to tackle any project until 2009, when she was hospitalized for kidney failure. But her performance in "Poltergeist" - so convincing and honest in the face of so much supernatural goings-on - would ensure her lasting remembrance among movie fans.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76% | 75% | Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon | Mrs. Collingwood (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cages | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild Card | Mrs. Stanfield (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | Wishcraft | Medical Examiner (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sinbad and the Battle of the Dark Knights | Princess Shalazar (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 40% | 26% | Little Witches | Mother Clodah (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Guilty as Charged | Edna (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 43% | 74% | Teen Witch | Madame Serena (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 16% | 22% | Poltergeist III | Tangina Barrons (Character) | $13.1M | 1988 |
| 63% | 63% | Anguish | Mother (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anguish | Mother (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 20% | 35% | Poltergeist II | Tangina Barrons (Character) | $38.8M | 1986 |
| 88% | 79% | Poltergeist | Tangina Barrons (Character) | $121.8M | 1982 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scariest Places on Earth | Narrator | 2000-2002 2005-2006 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Hey Arnold! | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caroline in the City | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Martin | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| 82% | 95% | Picket Fences | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
| 82% | 96% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jennifer Slept Here | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Belvedere | Unknown (Guest Star) |