Acting

Zelda Rubinstein

Born 1933-05-28 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 2010-01-27

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.

Credits

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Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
2023
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
as Self
2008
Southland Tales
as Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
2007
Cages
as Liz
2007
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
as Mrs. Collinwood
2006
The Wild Card
as Mrs. Stanfield
2004
Wishcraft
as Medical Examiner
2002
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
as Psychiatrist (voice)
2002
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
as Micha
1998
Little Witches
as Mother Clodah
1996
Hey Arnold!
1996
The Pretender
as Pawn Shop Lady
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Lover's Knot
as Woman in Clinic
1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy
as Christina
1996
Caroline in the City
as Phyllis
1995
Timemaster
as Betting Clerk
1995
National Lampoon's Last Resort
as Old Hermit
1994
Acting on Impulse
as Nosy Lady
1993
Picket Fences
as Ginny Weedon
1992
Goof Troop
as Madame Zeldarina (voice)
1992
Martin
as Nurse Froyd
1992
Stormy Weathers
as Rosamund
1992
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
as Butterfingers O'Malley
1991
Darkwing Duck
as Darkwing Duck's Mother / Negaduck's Mother (voice)
1991
Guilty as Charged
as Edna
1991
Shades of L.A.
1990
Tales from the Crypt
as Nora
1989
Teen Witch
as Madame Serina
1989
Poltergeist III
as Tangina Barrons
1988
The Dancing Princesses
as Old Woman
1987
Anguish
as Alice Pressman, the Mother
1987
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
as Ralph's Mother (voice)
1986
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
as Tangina Barrons
1986
Sixteen Candles
as Organist
1984
Jennifer Slept Here
1983
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
as Herself
1983
Frances
as Mental Patient
1982
Matt Houston
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
as The Old Woman
1982
Poltergeist
as Tangina Barrons
1982
Under the Rainbow
as Iris
1981
The Flintstone Comedy Show
as Atrocia Frankenstone
1980
The Frankenstones
as Atrocia Frankenston (voice)
1980
Americathon
1979