Zelda Rubinstein (b. May 28, 1933 in Pittsburgh) is the diminutive (4'3"), squeaky-voiced actress who is well known from the movies Poltergeist (1982), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), and Poltergeist III (1988) as eccentric clairvoyant Tangina Barrons. Her other major film roles include Sixteen Candles, The Wildcard, and National Lampoon's Last Resort. She was in at least one episode of Poltergeist The Legacy (1996) [[1]], as a seer - Christina. She has also done voice-over work for TV including Picket Fences, Hey Arnold!, and The Flintstones. Numerous guest appearances on network TV have also added to her resume with Caroline in the City, Mr. Belvedere, and Picket Fences roles. May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... City nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 151. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Clairvoyance is defined as a form of radio waves). ... Sixteen Candles is a 1984 coming-of-age film starring Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and Michael Schoeffling. ... Picket Fences was a 60-minute drama which ran from 1992 to 1996 on the CBS television network in the United States. ... Hey Arnold! was an American animated television series that ran on Nickelodeon from October 1, 1996 through June 8, 2004. ... The Flintstones, an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, is one of the most successful animated television series of all time. ... Caroline in the City was an American sitcom that ran from September 21, 1995, to May 11, 1999, on the NBC television network. ... The titlescreen. ...

Ms. Rubenstein entered the film industry comparatively late, upon returning to the United States after living in Europe for several years, in the early 1980s. Poltergeist was her first major film role. She has remained active in film ever since, frequently portraying various psychic characters. World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... A psychic is a person who claims or who is believed to possess extra-sensory abilities, including: Clairvoyance, Psychometry and Precognition. ...

She was also the spooky-voiced announcer on the television series, Scariest Places on Earth, which aired in the US on ABC Family and in Canada on YTV. ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney/ABC. // History The network was founded by Pat Robertson in April 1977 as CBN Cable, an arm of his Christian Broadcasting Network. ... YTV is a TLA that may stand for: Finnish for the term Helsinki Metropolitan Area. ...

More recently she has done voice-overs in television commercials for such products as Skittles candy and for TV ads promoting movies such as Lady in the Water. Skittles candy Skittles are small, round fruit chews that come in a hard candy shell with a letter s inscribed on it. ... Lady in the Water is a 2006 fantasy film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and produced by Sam Mercer, Jose L. Rodriguez, and M. Night Shyamalan. ...

External links

• Zelda Rubinstein at the Internet Movie Database
• Poltergeist The Legacy