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