Zelda Rubinstein Passes Away at 76

Zelda Rubinstein passes away at 76
Zelda Rubinstein passes away at 76
In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, Zelda Rubinstein, the 4-foot-3-inch actress best known as Tangina, the psychic who tries to help a family living in a haunted house in the 1982 horror film Poltergeist, has passed away at the age of 76.

Rubinstein died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Angeles. According to her agent, Eric Stevens, she had recently suffered a heart attack.

The actress made her film debut in the 1981 comedy Under the Rainbow. She also had roles in the films Sixteen Candles, Southland Tales as well as the Poltergeist sequels.

Poltergeist is in development . The film is directed by Vadim Perelman.


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  1. The Narrator: The Better Man

    R.I.P. Sorry but I didn't really remember her from any thing if they hadn't listed her, but she's a human or was a human being, and entertained us, and so I say fare thee well.

    2 years agoby @narratorFlag

  2. CelluloidDreams

    Tangina: There is no death. It is only a transition to a different sphere of consciousness. ... "Poltergeist (1982)"!

    2 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  3. CelluloidDreams

    Do not grieve at the passing of mortality,for life's but a thing of terrible gravity. And the planets gravitate around you, and the stars shall dance about you, and the angels in heaven adore you, and the saints all stand and applaud you.

    So faraway,so faraway and yet so close.

    Nick Cave, "Far Away, So Close"

    2 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  4. GeekStar

    Though you have breathed your last,you are a staple of the past.Many applause you have recieved,though by god we were decieved.Taken from us by night,you now walk in his blinding light.May you find peace from pain.

    May you rest in peace.

    2 years agoby @vendetta28Flag

  5. JonSpidey07

    what a shame
    I liked her alot

    may she RIP

    2 years agoby @jonspidey07Flag

  6. Err

    "y'all mind hanging back? you're jamming my frequency."

    2 years agoby @err2005Flag

  7. Draktyr

    Man....I really liked her. Rest In Peace, Zelda. :(

    2 years agoby @draktyrFlag

  8. Null and Void.

    Rest in peace.

    2 years agoby @soylentgreenFlag

  9. Diaigma

    2010 is not off to a good start . . .

    RIP, Zelda. "This house is clean."

    2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag

  10. Mutant

    She was in the Scariest Places on Earth, to bad I liked her. R I P

    2 years agoby @zenderFlag

  11. Tronticon

    RIP.... She was a very unique actress!!!

    Carol Anne.. Carol Anne.. Imma join ya in the light Carol Anne!!!!

    2 years agoby @tronticonFlag

  12. Err

    aww.

    2 years agoby @err2005Flag

  13. Messenger

    Not to be cold hearted but I thought she was already dead, I haven't seen her in anything in years. It's sad that she's passed cause she scared the crap out of me.

    2 years agoby @messengerFlag

  14. Johnnyblaze09

    Sad. I won't forget her, she talked to the evil spirit in Spielberg's Poltergeist, very nice horror film and especially the story.
    - R.I.P.

    2 years agoby @johnnyblaze09Flag

  15. Timmy

    Watching Poltergeist TONIGHT! RIP

    2 years agoby @timmyFlag

  16. TheKAC

    Sorry to hear this, you were one of the coolest actresses. R.I.P.

    2 years agoby @thekacFlag

  17. YoMama

    First; so sad. I remember the times.

    2 years agoby @yomamaFlag

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