Actress Zelda Rubinstein, best known for her work on the movie “Poltergeist,” has passed away. She was 76.
Her agent, Eric Stevens, tells the Los Angeles Times that Rubenstein died Wednesday at a Los Angeles hospital. Stevens says she recently suffered a heart attack.
Rubenstein made her film debut in the 1981 comedy “Under the Rainbow” and went on to roles in “Sixteen Candles” and the TV show “Picket Fences”. She returned for both “Poltergeist” sequels.
The Pittsburgh native also appeared as the mother figure in a high-profile mid-1980s AIDS public awareness campaign and was an outspoken activist for the rights of little people.
I remember her from Poltergeist. Probably the best person for that role. Great cast in that movie all around.
RIP.
I always liked her and Poltergeist was her best.