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Zelda Rubinstein

Highest Rated: 88% Poltergeist (1982)

Lowest Rated: 15% Poltergeist III (1988)

Birthday: May 28, 1933

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

The diminutive, squeaky-voiced actress Zelda Rubinstein became a star overnight as the medium Tangina in "Poltergeist" (1982) and its sequels. However, she struggled to find similarly dramatic work in the two decades that followed; more often than not, she was reduced to playing eccentrics or variants on her most famous character. However, she remained active and, from all accounts, game to tackle any project until 2009, when she was hospitalized for kidney failure. But her performance in "Poltergeist" - so convincing and honest in the face of so much supernatural goings-on - would ensure her lasting remembrance among movie fans.

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Highest-Rated Movies

88% 79% Poltergeist
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76% 75% Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
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57% 63% Anguish
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43% 74% Teen Witch
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40% 26% Little Witches
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20% 35% Poltergeist II
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15% 22% Poltergeist III
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The Wild Card
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Cages
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27% Guilty as Charged
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon 76% 75% 2006 Mrs. Collingwood Actor Cages 2005 Actor The Wild Card 2004 Mrs. Stanfield Actor Wishcraft 28% 2001 Medical Examiner Actor Sinbad and the Battle of the Dark Knights 1998 Princess Shalazar Actor Little Witches 40% 26% 1996 Mother Clodah Actor Guilty as Charged 27% 1991 Edna Actor Teen Witch 43% 74% 1989 Madame Serena Actor Poltergeist III 15% 22% 1988 Tangina Barrons Actor Anguish 57% 63% 1987 Mother Actor Anguish 1987 Mother Actor Poltergeist II 20% 35% 1986 Tangina Barrons Actor Poltergeist 88% 79% 1982 Tangina Barrons Actor
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