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Zelda Rubinstein is a Actor American born on 28 may 1933 at Pittsburgh (USA)

Zelda Rubinstein

Zelda Rubinstein
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Birth name Zelda May Rubinstein
Nationality USA
Birth 28 may 1933 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Death 27 january 2010 (at 76 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Zelda May 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 of Skittles 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.

Biography

Elle est connue pour son rôle de Tangina Barrons dans le film Poltergeist, pour lequel elle a été lauréate d'un Saturn Award de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle en 1983. Elle apparaît également dans ses deux suites.

Elle se distinguait notamment par sa petite taille (1,30 m).

Best films

Poltergeist (1982)
(Actress)

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Filmography of Zelda Rubinstein (20 films)

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Actress

Southland Tales, 2h25
Directed by Richard Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Time travel films, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Alternate history films, LGBT-related films, Disaster films, LGBT-related film
Actors Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Prinze, Mandy Moore, Miranda Richardson, Wallace Shawn
Roles Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
Rating52% 2.6489552.6489552.6489552.6489552.648955
On July 4th, 2005, in a fictionalized United States alternate history reality, two towns in Texas: El Paso and Abilene were destroyed by twin nuclear attacks that triggered a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions, sending America into a state of anarchy and hysteria, as well as a Third World War (a fictionalized perspective of what the War on Terror would've escalated to). The PATRIOT Act has extended authority to a new agency known as US-IDent, which keeps constant surveillance on citizens—even to the extent of censoring the Internet and requiring fingerprints to access computers and bank accounts. In response to the recent fuel shortage in the wake of global warfare, the German company Treer designs a generator of inexhaustible energy, which is propelled by the perpetual motion of ocean currents, called "Fluid Karma". However, its inventor Baron von Westphalen and his associates are hiding the fact that the generators alter the ocean's currents and cause the Earth to slow its rotation, and that the transmission of Fluid Karma to portable receivers (via quantum entanglement) is ripping holes in the fabric of space and time.
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, 1h32
Directed by Scott Glosserman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Nathan Baesel, Robert Englund, Angela Goethals, Kate Miner, Scott Wilson, Zelda Rubinstein
Roles Mrs. Collinwood
Rating66% 3.347833.347833.347833.347833.34783
The film is shot as a documentary set in a world where the killers depicted in famous slasher films are real. A female journalist named Taylor Gentry and her two cameramen, Doug and Todd, document the preparations of Leslie Vernon as he prepares to join the ranks of other slasher villains. Leslie takes his identity from an urban legend about a boy who killed his family and was cast into a river by angry townsfolk.
Cages
Cages (2005)
, 1h30
Genres Drama
Actors Mako Iwamatsu, Tan Kheng Hua, Zelda Rubinstein, Bobby Tonelli, Asrani
Rating62% 3.141723.141723.141723.141723.14172
After a fall-out with her recent boyfriend Ethan (Bobby Tonelli), Ali (Tan Kheng Hua) a single mother finds herself broke, desperate and homeless. In an effort to care for her blind son Jonah (Dickson Tan), she reluctantly seeks out the only living relative she knows, her father Tan (Mako Iwamatsu). To earn enough money to be on her own she accepts a job in her father's bird shop, but not without the resistance of the shop's manager Liz (Zelda Rubinstein), a manipulative and protective middle-aged British woman.
Wishcraft
Wishcraft (2002)
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Alexandra Holden, Michael Weston, Austin Pendleton, Huntley Ritter, Meat Loaf, Zelda Rubinstein
Roles Medical Examiner
Rating52% 2.6024652.6024652.6024652.6024652.602465
A high school student named Brett Bumpers (Weston) receives a mysterious package one day. It contains a bull penis totem with a note explaining that it will grant him three wishes. His first wish is for Samantha (Alexandra Holden) to go with him to a spring dance. The next day, Samantha invites him to the dance, and he suspects that his wish has come true. Samantha's boyfriend Cody is the star jock at the school, and he is humiliated by Samantha's decision.
The Flintstones: On the Rocks, 1h25
Directed by Chris Savino
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes La préhistoire, Children's films
Actors Jeff Bergman, Tress MacNeille, Kevin Michael Richardson, Grey DeLisle, Jeff Bennett, Tom Kenny
Roles Psychiatrist (voice)
Rating65% 3.28463.28463.28463.28463.2846
Several years after the events of the original series, Fred and Wilma's marriage is in serious jeopardy, as Wilma is growing tired of Fred's attitude, especially while Barney and Betty are enjoying a happy life well into their marriage, to the point that a visit to a family therapist results in a physical altercation between Fred and Wilma. On Fred and Wilma's anniversary, which they both forgot, the Rubbles arrange a trip to Rockapulco in an attempt to save the Flintstones' marriage.
Little Witches, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Sheeri Rappaport, Jennifer Rubin, Jack Nance, Zelda Rubinstein, Eric Pierpoint, Clea DuVall
Roles Mother Clodah
Rating40% 2.008752.008752.008752.008752.00875
Faith (Mimi Rose) is a relatively shy young teenager that is heartbroken when her mother informs her that she must spend Easter break at her Catholic girl's school as opposed to coming home. She's roomed with the rebellious Jamie (Sheeri Rappaport), who initially scandalizes Faith with her wild antics. Despite her initial misgivings, Faith finds herself bonding slightly with Jamie and the four other teen misfits that had to remain behind. The group is soon intrigued when construction work on the school's church uncovers a Satanic temple containing the remains of several schoolgirls believed to have gone missing almost a hundred years ago.
National Lampoon's Last Resort, 1h30
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Maureen Flannigan, Robert Mandan, Geoffrey Lewis, Demetra Hampton
Roles Old Hermit
Rating28% 1.424921.424921.424921.424921.42492
Sam (Corey Feldman) and Dave (Corey Haim) after being fired from a fast food outlet and getting evicted are magically transported to Sam's uncle's island. Sam and Dave are asked to help save the island. The band Dread Zeppelin perform the film's theme song as credits roll at the end.
Acting on Impulse, 1h33
Directed by Sam Irvin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors C. Thomas Howell, Linda Fiorentino, Nancy Allen, Patrick Bauchau, Peter Lupus, Tom Wright
Roles Nosy Lady
Rating54% 2.708852.708852.708852.708852.70885
Suite à une querelle avec son agent et avec son producteur, Susan, une star du cinéma d'horreur érotique, part s'isoler dans un hôtel de luxe. Le soir même, elle est au bras de Paul Steven, un homme d'affaire fiancé. Lorsque le producteur de Susan et la fiancée de Paul sont retrouvés morts, les soupçons se portent tout naturellement sur la jeune actrice.
Guilty As Charged
Directed by Sam Irvin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Rod Steiger, Lauren Hutton, Heather Graham, Isaac Hayes, Lyman Ward, Zelda Rubinstein
Roles Edna
Rating54% 2.7034252.7034252.7034252.7034252.703425
Kallin est un adepte de l'auto-justice qu'il pratique avec son mentor Aloysius. Il capture des personnes qu'il considère comme mauvaises et qu'il exécute sur sa chaise électrique qu'il a construite lui-même…
Teen Witch
Teen Witch (1989)
, 1h30
Directed by Robyn Lively, Joshua John Miller, Larry Weir, Dan Gauthier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Actors Robyn Lively, Dan Gauthier, Joshua John Miller, Caren Kaye, Larry Weir, Dick Sargent
Roles Madame Serina
Rating60% 3.0007853.0007853.0007853.0007853.000785
After a bike accident, the sweet-yet-nerdy 15-year-old Louise Miller (Lively) knocks on the door of a strange-looking house, hoping to use the phone. Instead, she meets a strange but welcoming woman, the seer Madame Serena (Rubinstein). Reading Louise's palm, Serena is stunned when she learns that Louise is a reincarnated witch and an old friend from one of her previous lives. A week later, on Louise's 16th birthday, her magical powers return through a powerful amulet that was lost in a former life, an item that Madame Serena says searches for its owner.
Poltergeist III, 1h38
Directed by Gary Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children, Ghost films
Actors Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Heather O'Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, Lara Flynn Boyle, Nathan Davis
Roles Tangina Barrons
Rating47% 2.3561652.3561652.3561652.3561652.356165
The Freeling family has sent Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) to live with Diane's sister Pat (Nancy Allen) and her husband Bruce Gardner (Tom Skerritt). Carol Anne has been told she is in Chicago temporarily to attend a unique school for gifted children with emotional problems, though Pat thinks it is because Steven and Diane just wanted Carol Anne out of their house. Pat and Bruce are unaware of the events of the first two films, just noting that Steven was involved in a bad land deal. Along with Donna (Lara Flynn Boyle), Bruce's daughter from a previous marriage, they live in the luxury skyscraper (Chicago's 100-story John Hancock Center) of which Bruce is the manager.
Anguish
Anguish (1987)
, 1h22
Directed by Bigas Luna
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Isabel García Lorca, Craig Hill
Roles Alice Pressman, the Mother
Rating66% 3.3437753.3437753.3437753.3437753.343775
During the film you are about to see, you will be subject to subliminal messages and mild hypnosis. This will cause you no physical harm or lasting effect, but if for any reason you lose control or feel
Poltergeist II: The Other Side, 1h30
Directed by Brian Gibson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children, Ghost films
Actors JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Julian Beck, Oliver Robins, Zelda Rubinstein
Roles Tangina Barrons
Rating57% 2.8531452.8531452.8531452.8531452.853145
One year after the events of Poltergeist, Cuesta Verde, the Freelings' neighborhood from the first film, is being evacuated and turned into an archaeological paranormal dig, centered around the spot where the Freelings' home stood before it imploded. The excavation leads to the discovery of an underground cave by a ground crew. Its existence is revealed to psychic Tangina Barrons (Zelda Rubinstein), who tells a friend of hers, Taylor (Will Sampson), a Native American shaman. After investigating the cave for himself, Taylor realizes that Rev. Henry Kane (Julian Beck), a deceased, insane preacher, has located Carol Anne and goes to defend her.