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Zelda Rubinstein

Zelda Rubinstein

Standing 4'3", and possessed of a nails-on-the-blackboard speaking voice, actress Zelda Rubinstein will probably never essay a "normal" characterization. She was appropriately cast as one of the Little People in her first film, Under the Rainbow (1981). Her best-remembered screen role was Tangina, the disastrously self-assured exorcist in the first two Poltergeist films. Zelda's declaration that "This house is clean" has to be the most famous speaking-too-soon miscalculations in movie history. She was later seen in oddball minor roles as domineering mamas, witches, snoops and gamblers. TV fans know Zelda Rubinstein best as Ginny Weedon on the weekly cult favorite Picket Fences (1992-95). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


Zelda Rubinstein Trivia

Who did Zelda Rubinstein play in Anguish?
Zelda Rubinstein was Mother in Anguish

Who did Zelda Rubinstein portray in Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon?
Zelda Rubinstein was Mrs. Collingwood in Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Who did Zelda Rubinstein play in Guilty As Charged?
Zelda Rubinstein was Edna in Guilty As Charged

What role did Zelda Rubinstein play in Poltergeist?
Zelda Rubinstein played Tangina in Poltergeist

What role did Zelda Rubinstein play in Southland Tales?
Zelda Rubinstein played Dr. Katarina Kuntzler in Southland Tales

Who did Zelda Rubinstein play in The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw?
Zelda Rubinstein was O'Malley in The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

Who did Zelda Rubinstein portray in Teen Witch?
Zelda Rubinstein was Serena in Teen Witch

What role did Zelda Rubinstein play in Sixteen Candles?
Zelda Rubinstein played Organist in Sixteen Candles


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