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Zelda Rubinstein

Actress
27 May 1933 to 27 January 2010

A diminutive actress, Rubinstein made a memorable impression as the psychic Tangina Barrons in Tobe Hooper’s Poltergeist (1982), a role she reprised in two sequels. Other films include Frances (1982), Sixteen Candles (1984) and Southland Tales (2006), as well as a recurring role in the television series Picket Fences (1992-94).

- Read Zelda Rubinstein's Times Obituary