Zelda Rubinstein
Acting • Born 1933-05-28 – Died 2010-01-27
Biography
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
43 credits
Poltergeist
Movie • 1982
Tangina Barrons
Poltergeist III
Movie • 1988
Tangina Barrons
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Movie • 2006
Mrs. Collinwood
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Movie • 1986
Tangina Barrons
Teen Witch
Movie • 1989
Madame Serina
Little Witches
Movie • 1996
Mother Clodah
Cages
Movie • 2007
Liz
Anguish
Movie • 1987
Alice Pressman, the Mother
Sixteen Candles
Movie • 1984
Organist
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Movie • 1986
Ralph's Mother (voice)
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
Movie • 2008
Self
Stormy Weathers
Movie • 1992
Rosamund
Frances
Movie • 1982
Mental Patient
Guilty As Charged
Movie • 1991
Edna
Under the Rainbow
Movie • 1981
Iris
Timemaster
Movie • 1995
Betting Clerk
Lover's Knot
Movie • 1996
Woman in Clinic
Acting on Impulse
Movie • 1993
Nosy Lady
Southland Tales
Movie • 2007
Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
Wishcraft
Movie • 2002
Medical Examiner
The Dancing Princesses
Movie • 1987
Old Woman
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
Movie • 2002
Psychiatrist (voice)
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Movie • 1998
Micha
National Lampoon's Last Resort
Movie • 1994
Old Hermit
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Movie • 1991
Butterfingers O'Malley
Americathon
Movie • 1979
The Wild Card
Movie • 2004
Mrs. Stanfield
Martin
TV • 1992
Nurse Froyd
Hey Arnold!
TV • 1996
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Pawn Shop Lady
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Nora
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Jennifer Slept Here
TV • 1983
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Where Are They Now?
TV • 1999
Self
Shades of L.A.
TV • 1990
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
The Old Woman
Reading Rainbow
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
Poltergeist: The Legacy
TV • 1996
Christina
Picket Fences
TV • 1992
Ginny Weedon
The Flintstone Comedy Show
TV • 1980
Atrocia Frankenstone
Caroline in the City
TV • 1995
Phyllis
The Frankenstones
TV • 1980
Atrocia Frankenston (voice)