Portrait of Zelda Rubinstein

Zelda Rubinstein

Actors

🇺🇸 United States

American actress (1933-2010)

About Zelda Rubinstein

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 two 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. Zelda Rubinstein and Heather O'Rourke were the only cast members to have appeared in all three Poltergeist films.

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Known for
Hey Arnold!, The Pretender, Tales from the Crypt
Born
1933-05-28
Died
2010-01-27

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