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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 28, 1933
Died
January 27, 2010
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Zelda Rubenstein
Zelda Rubinstein
0.7 Popularity
Biography
Zelda Rubinstein 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. CC - en.wikipedia.org
Known For
0.0
Self
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
2008
5.2
Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
Southland Tales
2007
3.3
Liz
Cages
2007
6.5
Mrs. Collinwood
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
2006
3.0
Mrs. Stanfield
The Wild Card
2004
4.9
Medical Examiner
Wishcraft
2002
6.5
Psychiatrist (voice)
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
2002
7.5
Self
Where Are They Now?
1999
2.8
Micha
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
1998
4.0
Mother Clodah
Little Witches
1996
Credits
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
as Self
2008
0.0
Southland Tales
as Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
2007
5.2
Cages
as Liz
2007
3.3
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
as Mrs. Collinwood
2006
6.5
The Wild Card
as Mrs. Stanfield
2004
3.0
Wishcraft
as Medical Examiner
2002
4.9
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
as Psychiatrist (voice)
2002
6.5
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
7.5
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
as Micha
1998
2.8
Little Witches
as Mother Clodah
1996
4.0
Hey Arnold!
1996
8.0
The Pretender
as Pawn Shop Lady
1996
7.3
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Lover's Knot
as Woman in Clinic
1996
4.0
Poltergeist: The Legacy
as Christina
1996
6.0
Caroline in the City
as Phyllis
1995
6.4
Timemaster
as Betting Clerk
1995
3.9
National Lampoon's Last Resort
as Old Hermit
1994
3.8
Acting on Impulse
as Nosy Lady
1993
3.8
Picket Fences
as Ginny Weedon
1992
7.4
Martin
as Nurse Froyd
1992
7.7
Stormy Weathers
as Rosamund
1992
4.7
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
as Butterfingers O'Malley
1991
4.6
Guilty As Charged
as Edna
1991
3.9
Shades of L.A.
1990
6.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Nora
1989
8.0
Teen Witch
as Madame Serina
1989
6.0
Poltergeist III
as Tangina Barrons
1988
5.2
The Dancing Princesses
as Old Woman
1987
6.0
Anguish
as Alice Pressman, the Mother
1987
6.3
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
as Ralph's Mother (voice)
1986
5.3
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
as Tangina Barrons
1986
6.0
Sixteen Candles
as Organist
1984
6.8
Jennifer Slept Here
1983
5.0
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
Frances
as Mental Patient
1982
6.9
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
Faerie Tale Theatre
as The Old Woman
1982
8.1
Poltergeist
as Tangina Barrons
1982
7.2
Under the Rainbow
as Iris
1981
5.2
The Flintstone Comedy Show
as Atrocia Frankenstone
1980
6.7
The Frankenstones
as Atrocia Frankenston (voice)
1980
0.0
Americathon
1979
3.5