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

• 2007Cages — Liz
• 2007Southland Tales — Dr. Katarina Kuntzler
• 2006Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon — Mrs. Collinwood
• 2004The Wild Card — Mrs. Stanfield
• 2002The Flintstones: On the Rocks — Psychiatrist (voice)
• 2002Wishcraft — Medical Examiner
• 1998Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights — Micha
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Hey Arnold!
• 1996Little Witches — Mother Clodah
• 1996Lover's Knot — Woman in Clinic
• Poltergeist: The Legacy — Christina
• The Pretender — Pawn Shop Lady
• Caroline in the City — Phyllis
• 1995Timemaster — Betting Clerk
• 1994National Lampoon's Last Resort — Old Hermit
• 1993Acting on Impulse — Nosy Lady
• Goof Troop — Madame Zeldarina (voice)
• Martin — Nurse Froyd
• Picket Fences — Ginny Weedon
• 1992Stormy Weathers — Rosamund
• Darkwing Duck — Darkwing Duck's Mother / Negaduck's Mother (voice)
• 1991Guilty as Charged — Edna
• 1991The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw — Butterfingers O'Malley
• Shades of L.A.
• Tales from the Crypt — Nora
• 1989Teen Witch — Madame Serina
• 1988Poltergeist III — Tangina Barrons
• 1987Anguish — Alice Pressman, the Mother
• 1987The Dancing Princesses — Old Woman
• 1986Poltergeist II: The Other Side — Tangina Barrons
• 1986The Mouse and the Motorcycle — Ralph's Mother (voice)
• 1984Sixteen Candles — Organist
• Jennifer Slept Here
• Faerie Tale Theatre — The Old Woman
• 1982Frances — Mental Patient
• Matt Houston
• 1982Poltergeist — Tangina Barrons
• 1981Under the Rainbow — Iris
• The Flintstone Comedy Show — Atrocia Frankenstone
• The Frankenstones — Atrocia Frankenston (voice)
• 1979Americathon

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
• 2008USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland — Self
• Where Are They Now? — Self
• Reading Rainbow — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1983The Unpredictable Pudgy! — Herself