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