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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zelda Rubinstein has received more than 1,812,704 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Zelda Rubinstein is the 3,240th most popular actor (down from 2,920th in 2019), the 4,885th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,591st in 2019) and the 1,455th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Zelda Rubinsteins by language

Over the past year Zelda Rubinstein has had the most page views in the with 238,456 views, followed by Spanish (17,048), and German (12,369). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (97.28%), Afrikaans (80.97%), and West Frisian (71.66%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Zelda Rubinstein ranks 3,240 out of 13,578. Before her are Aliki Vougiouklaki, Jane Powell, Gianni Russo, Simon MacCorkindale, Joel McCrea, and Raimu. After her are Rolan Bykov, Richard Kiley, Jonah Hill, Barry Pepper, Michelle Williams, and Joanna Pacuła.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Zelda Rubinstein ranks 263. Before her are Ivan Passer, Mark Zakharov, José Faria, Petra Schürmann, Frank Gorshin, and René Burri. After her are Shigeo Yaegashi, Constance Towers, James Rosenquist, Sam Jones, William Smith, and John Taylor. Among people deceased in 2010, Zelda Rubinstein ranks 203. Before her are Farooq Leghari, Cammie King, Laurent Terzieff, Petra Schürmann, Jimmy Gardner, and Simon MacCorkindale. After her are Hans Ørberg, Valentina Tolkunova, Daniel Bensaïd, Hank Jones, Mohammed Mzali, and Marcel Domingo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zelda Rubinstein ranks 4,885 out of 20,380. Before her are Gianni Russo (1943), Seka (1954), Michael S. Hart (1947), Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930), Joel McCrea (1905), and Helen Merrill (1930). After her are Richard Kiley (1922), Jonah Hill (1983), Eugene Garfield (1925), Michelle Williams (1980), Hal B. Wallis (1898), and Carole Landis (1919).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Zelda Rubinstein ranks 1,455. Before her are Maggie Grace (1983), Jenette Goldstein (1960), Kristen Bell (1980), Jane Powell (1929), Gianni Russo (1943), and Joel McCrea (1905). After her are Richard Kiley (1922), Jonah Hill (1983), Michelle Williams (1980), Carole Landis (1919), Butterfly McQueen (1911), and Joan Blondell (1906).

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Television and Movie Roles

Poltergeist
Tangina Barrons
Upon realizing that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve Freeling calls in a team of parapsychologists to help before it's too late.
Jun 4o 19827.142 / 10
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Tangina Barrons
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religeous zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.
May 23o 19866.003 / 10
Anguish
Alice Pressman, the Mother
An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's collection. Reality soon takes a bizarre turn, both for the characters and the audience.
Nov 10o 19876.3 / 10