Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 28, 1933
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Zelda Rubenstein
Zelda Rubinstein
Biography
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.
Known For - Movies
Poltergeist
as Tangina Barrons
Sixteen Candles
as Organist
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
as Mrs. Collinwood
Southland Tales
as Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
Frances
as Mental Patient
Teen Witch
as Madame Serina
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
as Tangina Barrons
Poltergeist III
as Tangina Barrons
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
as Butterfingers O'Malley
Anguish
as Alice Pressman, the Mother
