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Zelda Rubinstein

1933 - 2010

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zelda Rubinstein is the 3,573rd most popular actor (down from 3,241st in 2019), the 5,881st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,885th in 2019) and the 1,682nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Zelda Rubinstein ranks 3,573 out of 13,578. Before her are Tommy Chong, Freddie Highmore, Margo Martindale, Kat Graham, Shawn Fonteno, and Joe Dallesandro. After her are Sam Claflin, Rick Aviles, Ignacio López Tarso, Asrani, Ona Munson, and Mathilda May.

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Among people born in 1933, Zelda Rubinstein ranks 280. Before her are İsmail Ogan, René Felber, Krsto Papić, Christa Stubnick, Julian Bream, and Dianne Feinstein. After her are Bat Ye'or, Imre Nagy, Yoshi Oyakawa, Valéria Gyenge, Mildred McDaniel, and R. Murray Schafer. Among people deceased in 2010, Zelda Rubinstein ranks 228. Before her are Laurent Terzieff, Hank Jones, Chushiro Hayashi, Otmar Suitner, Yuri Ilyenko, and Hans Ørberg. After her are Yvonne Loriod, Jacqueline de Romilly, Gheorghe Apostol, Marie Osborne Yeats, Geoffrey Burbidge, and Zoltán Varga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zelda Rubinstein ranks 5,881 out of 20,380. Before her are Mary Blair (1911), Woody Herman (1913), Todd Phillips (1970), Margo Martindale (1951), Shawn Fonteno (1976), and Joe Dallesandro (1948). After her are Chuck Hagel (1946), George Huntington (1850), Claudette Colvin (1939), Rick Aviles (1952), Betty Robinson (1911), and Ona Munson (1903).

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Among actors born in United States, Zelda Rubinstein ranks 1,682. Before her are Matt Schulze (1972), Titus Welliver (1962), Sam J. Jones (1954), Margo Martindale (1951), Shawn Fonteno (1976), and Joe Dallesandro (1948). After her are Rick Aviles (1952), Ona Munson (1903), George Nichols (1864), Ken Davitian (1953), Diahnne Abbott (1945), and Cynthia Rhodes (1956).

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