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Zelda Rubinstein
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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. Pla…
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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 people and her early participation in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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2023
Commitment to Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
Movie Self
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2007
Southland Tales
Movie Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
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2007
Cages
Movie Liz
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2006
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Movie Mrs. Collinwood
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2004
The Wild Card
Movie Mrs. Stanfield
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2002
Wishcraft
Movie Medical Examiner
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2002
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
Movie Psychiatrist (voice)
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1999
Where Are They Now?
TV show Self
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1998
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Movie Micha
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1996
Little Witches
Movie Mother Clodah
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1996
Hey Arnold!
TV show
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1996
The Pretender
TV show Pawn Shop Lady
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1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV show
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1996
Lover's Knot
Movie Woman in Clinic
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1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy
TV show Christina
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1995
Caroline in the City
TV show Phyllis
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1995
Timemaster
Movie Betting Clerk
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1994
National Lampoon's Last Resort
Movie Old Hermit
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1993
Acting on Impulse
Movie Nosy Lady
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1992
Picket Fences
TV show Ginny Weedon
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1992
Goof Troop
TV show Madame Zeldarina (voice)
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1992
Martin
TV show Nurse Froyd
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1992
Stormy Weathers
Movie Rosamund
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1991
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Movie Butterfingers O'Malley
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1991
Darkwing Duck
TV show Darkwing Duck's Mother / Negaduck's Mother (voice)
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1991
Guilty as Charged
Movie Edna
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1990
Shades of L.A.
TV show
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1989
Tales from the Crypt
TV show Nora
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1989
Teen Witch
Movie Madame Serina
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1988
Poltergeist III
Movie Tangina Barrons
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1987
The Dancing Princesses
Movie Old Woman
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1987
Anguish
Movie Alice Pressman, the Mother
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1986
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Movie Ralph's Mother (voice)
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1986
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Movie Tangina Barrons
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1984
Sixteen Candles
Movie Organist
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1983
Jennifer Slept Here
TV show
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1983
Reading Rainbow
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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1983
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
Movie Herself
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1982
Frances
Movie Mental Patient
