Zelda Rubinstein
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Poltergeist
1982
as Tangina Barrons
Sixteen Candles
1984
as Organist
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986
as Tangina Barrons
Frances
1982
as Mental Patient
Teen Witch
1989
as Madame Serina
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
2006
as Mrs. Collinwood
Southland Tales
2007
as Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
Poltergeist III
1988
as Tangina Barrons
Wishcraft
2002
as Medical Examiner
Americathon
1979
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
as Butterfingers O'Malley
Anguish
1987
as Alice Pressman, the Mother
Little Witches
1996
as Mother Clodah
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
1986
as Ralph's Mother (voice)
Guilty As Charged
1991
as Edna
Under the Rainbow
1981
as Iris
Timemaster
1995
as Betting Clerk
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
2008
as Self
Lover's Knot
1996
as Woman in Clinic
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
2002
as Psychiatrist (voice)