Zelda Rubinstein
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 28 May 1933 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 27 January 2010
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
Acting 29
- 2023Commitment to Life as Self (archive footage)
- 2008USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland as Self
- 2007Southland Tales as Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
- 2007Cages as Liz
- 2006Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon as Mrs. Collinwood
- 2004The Wild Card as Mrs. Stanfield
- 2002Wishcraft as Medical Examiner
- 2002The Flintstones: On the Rocks as Psychiatrist (voice)
- 1998Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights as Micha
- 1996Little Witches as Mother Clodah
- 1996Lover's Knot as Woman in Clinic
- 1995Timemaster as Betting Clerk
- 1994National Lampoon's Last Resort as Old Hermit
- 1993Acting on Impulse as Nosy Lady
- 1992Stormy Weathers as Rosamund
- 1991The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw as Butterfingers O'Malley
- 1991Guilty As Charged as Edna
- 1989Teen Witch as Madame Serina
- 1988Poltergeist III as Tangina Barrons
- 1987The Dancing Princesses as Old Woman
- 1987Anguish as Alice Pressman, the Mother
- 1986The Mouse and the Motorcycle as Ralph's Mother (voice)
- 1986Poltergeist II: The Other Side as Tangina Barrons
- 1984Sixteen Candles as Organist
- 1983The Unpredictable Pudgy! as Herself
- 1982Frances as Mental Patient
- 1982Poltergeist as Tangina Barrons
- 1981Under the Rainbow as Iris
- 1979Americathon