Spooky season has arrived, and, with that, I'm free to discuss my love of the paranormal. Growing up in a small New England town where everything is at least a hundred years old, including my former elementary school, it only makes sense that Halloween is my favorite holiday. In the second grade, I famously DIYed my own Hocus Pocus–inspired costume, which made me look more like a deranged Renaissance Faire worker than Sarah Jessica Parker, but that's a story for a different day. As I got older, I consumed all things spooky and supernatural. (Shout-out to Fox Family's weekend marathons of Scariest Places on Earth.) So when Zak Bagans came onto the scene in 2008 with his Ghost Adventures series,...
- 10/1/2021
- E! Online
Character actress Zelda Rubinstein was best known for her role in the 1982 horror film Poltergeist. She starred as psychic Tangina Barrons, who’s small stature and childlike voice added more chills to the 1982 horror film about demonic forces at a suburban home. She reprised her role in the two sequels Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) and Poltergeist III (1988).
Rubinstein was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 28, 1933. She worked as a medical technician, before embarking upon an acting career in the early 1980s. the 4′3″ actress was cast in the 1981 film Under the Rainbow, and she became an outspoken critic of the way little people portraying Munchkins in the film were depicted. She soon formed the Michael Dunn Memorial Repertory Theater Company in Los Angeles to give acting opportunities to other little people.
Though of small size, she also made a large impression in the films Anguish (1987), Teen Witch (1989), Guilty as Charged...
Rubinstein was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 28, 1933. She worked as a medical technician, before embarking upon an acting career in the early 1980s. the 4′3″ actress was cast in the 1981 film Under the Rainbow, and she became an outspoken critic of the way little people portraying Munchkins in the film were depicted. She soon formed the Michael Dunn Memorial Repertory Theater Company in Los Angeles to give acting opportunities to other little people.
Though of small size, she also made a large impression in the films Anguish (1987), Teen Witch (1989), Guilty as Charged...
- 2/12/2010
- by Harris Lentz
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Poltergeist star Zelda Rubinstein has died, aged 76.
The actress, who played spirit talker Tangina in the cult 1982 film, was hospitalised in Los Angeles in December after two of her major organs failed.
Internet reports suggested the petite star was close to death after she was reportedly taken off her life support machine, but friends and family insisted Rubinstein was on the mend earlier this month.
Her agent, Eric Stevens, has now confirmed she passed away of natural causes at Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
He tells RadarOnline.com, "She had ongoing health issues and unfortunately they finally overtook her."
A friends adds, "She was very much at peace when she finally rested... The world has definitely lost someone very special."
Poltergeist was Rubinstein's big break in Hollywood. She went on to appear in films like Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Sixteen Candles, Teen Witch and National Lampoon's Last Resort, as well as U.S. TV shows Caroline in the City, Picket Fences and Mr. Belvedere.
From 2000 to 2006 she narrated spooky TV show The Scariest Places on Earth.
Rubinstein was also an activist for HIV and Aids awareness.
The actress, who played spirit talker Tangina in the cult 1982 film, was hospitalised in Los Angeles in December after two of her major organs failed.
Internet reports suggested the petite star was close to death after she was reportedly taken off her life support machine, but friends and family insisted Rubinstein was on the mend earlier this month.
Her agent, Eric Stevens, has now confirmed she passed away of natural causes at Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
He tells RadarOnline.com, "She had ongoing health issues and unfortunately they finally overtook her."
A friends adds, "She was very much at peace when she finally rested... The world has definitely lost someone very special."
Poltergeist was Rubinstein's big break in Hollywood. She went on to appear in films like Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Sixteen Candles, Teen Witch and National Lampoon's Last Resort, as well as U.S. TV shows Caroline in the City, Picket Fences and Mr. Belvedere.
From 2000 to 2006 she narrated spooky TV show The Scariest Places on Earth.
Rubinstein was also an activist for HIV and Aids awareness.
- 1/27/2010
- WENN
Zelda Rubinstein, best known for her role as Tangina Barrons in the "Poltergeist" movies, has passed away at the age of 76. She was taken off life support on Tuesday, Dec. 29 and in the early morning on Wednesday, Jan. 27 she died when her lungs and kidneys failed.
Standing only 4 feet, 3 inches tall, Zelda Rubinstein nonetheless commanded scenes in both film and television.
Besides her role as the spirtual medium in the "Poltergeist" movies, Rubinstein also played Ginny Weedon, the dispatcher for the Sheriff's Department on "Picket Fences," from 1992 to 1995, when her character was killed off in typical weird "Picket Fences" fashion by falling into a freezer.
More recently Zelda's distinctive voice could be heard narrating "The Scariest Places on Earth" for ABC Family. We also loved her small role as the organist in the John Hughes movie "Sixteen Candles." "Oh, I need a drink." Classic.
Probably her most famous line, made...
Standing only 4 feet, 3 inches tall, Zelda Rubinstein nonetheless commanded scenes in both film and television.
Besides her role as the spirtual medium in the "Poltergeist" movies, Rubinstein also played Ginny Weedon, the dispatcher for the Sheriff's Department on "Picket Fences," from 1992 to 1995, when her character was killed off in typical weird "Picket Fences" fashion by falling into a freezer.
More recently Zelda's distinctive voice could be heard narrating "The Scariest Places on Earth" for ABC Family. We also loved her small role as the organist in the John Hughes movie "Sixteen Candles." "Oh, I need a drink." Classic.
Probably her most famous line, made...
- 1/27/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Poltergeist star Zela Rubinstein was taken off of life support today at Los Angeles' Cedar Sinai Hospital and various sources are reporting she is near death. At 76, Rubinstein appeared in all three Poltergiest films as Tangina Barrons. The actress has also lent her distinctive voice to various television and film projects including the long-running The Scariest Places on Earth . In 2006, she appeared in Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon and Richard Kelly's Southland Tales .
- 12/30/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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