Zelda Rubinstein
Actor
Born May 28, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
Self
Southland Tales
Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
Cages
Liz
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Mrs. Collinwood
The Wild Card
Mrs. Stanfield
Wishcraft
Medical Examiner
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
Psychiatrist (voice)
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Micha
Little Witches
Mother Clodah
Hey Arnold!
The Pretender
Pawn Shop Lady
E! True Hollywood Story
Lover's Knot
Woman in Clinic
Poltergeist: The Legacy
Christina
Caroline in the City
Phyllis
Timemaster
Betting Clerk
National Lampoon's Last Resort
Old Hermit
Acting on Impulse
Nosy Lady
Picket Fences
Ginny Weedon
Goof Troop
Madame Zeldarina (voice)
Martin
Nurse Froyd
Stormy Weathers
Rosamund
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Butterfingers O'Malley
Guilty As Charged
Edna
Shades of L.A.
Tales from the Crypt
Nora
Teen Witch
Madame Serina
Poltergeist III
Tangina Barrons
The Dancing Princesses
Old Woman
Anguish
Alice Pressman, the Mother
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Ralph's Mother (voice)
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Tangina Barrons
Sixteen Candles
Organist
Jennifer Slept Here
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Frances
Mental Patient
Matt Houston
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Old Woman
Poltergeist
Tangina Barrons
Under the Rainbow
Iris
The Flintstone Comedy Show
Atrocia Frankenstone
The Frankenstones
Atrocia Frankenston (voice)
Americathon