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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

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76% 75% Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Mrs. Collingwood (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cages Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wild Card Mrs. Stanfield (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 27% Wishcraft Medical Examiner (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sinbad and the Battle of the Dark Knights Princess Shalazar (Character) - 1998
40% 26% Little Witches Mother Clodah (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 27% Guilty as Charged Edna (Character) - 1991
43% 74% Teen Witch Madame Serena (Character) - 1989
15% 22% Poltergeist III Tangina Barrons (Character) $13.1M 1988
57% 63% Anguish Mother (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anguish Mother (Character) - 1987
20% 35% Poltergeist II Tangina Barrons (Character) $38.8M 1986
88% 79% Poltergeist Tangina Barrons (Character) $121.8M 1982

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Scariest Places on Earth Narrator 2000-2002 2005-2006
No Score Yet 96% Hey Arnold! Unknown (Guest Voice) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Caroline in the City Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 93% Martin Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
82% 93% Picket Fences Unknown (Character) 1993
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jennifer Slept Here Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Belvedere Unknown (Guest Star)