Cast & creator
Zelda Rubinstein
Best known for Hey Arnold!, The Pretender, Tales from the Crypt
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.
Also known as: Zelda Rubenstein
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film credits
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television credits
47
1979–2023 · acting roles
6.1
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (47)
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Hey Arnold!
1996
The Pretender
Pawn Shop Lady
1996
Tales from the Crypt
Nora
1989
Caroline in the City
Phyllis
1995
Martin
Nurse Froyd
1992
Darkwing Duck
Darkwing Duck's Mother / Negaduck's Mother (voice)
1991
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Matt Houston
1982
Goof Troop
Madame Zeldarina (voice)
1992
Picket Fences
Ginny Weedon
1992
The Flintstone Comedy Show
Atrocia Frankenstone
1980Where Are They Now?
Self
1999
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Old Woman
1982
Poltergeist: The Legacy
Christina
1996
Poltergeist
Tangina Barrons
1982
Sixteen Candles
Organist
1984
Shades of L.A.
1990
The Frankenstones
Atrocia Frankenston (voice)
1980
Teen Witch
Madame Serina
1989
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Poltergeist III
Tangina Barrons
1988
Southland Tales
Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
2007
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Tangina Barrons
1986
Jennifer Slept Here
1983
Wishcraft
Medical Examiner
2002
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Mrs. Collinwood
2006
Anguish
Alice Pressman, the Mother
1987
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
Psychiatrist (voice)
2002
Americathon
1979
Frances
Mental Patient
1982
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Butterfingers O'Malley
1991
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Little Witches
Mother Clodah
1996
National Lampoon's Last Resort
Old Hermit
1994
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
Self
2008
Under the Rainbow
Iris
1981
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Ralph's Mother (voice)
1986
Acting on Impulse
Nosy Lady
1993
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Micha
1998
Guilty as Charged
Edna
1991
Lover's Knot
Woman in Clinic
1996
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
Herself
1983
Stormy Weathers
Rosamund
1992
Cages
Liz
2007
The Dancing Princesses
Old Woman
1987
Timemaster
Betting Clerk
1995
The Wild Card
Mrs. Stanfield
2004