Rita Zohar
Born January 10, 1943 (Age: 83)
Biography
Rita Zohar is an actress with a career spanning film, television, and theater. She was born during World War II in a concentration camp in Balta (then part of the Kingdom of Romania). She emigrated to Israel with her mother in the 1950s and began acting at the Cameri Theatre, performing in Yiddish. In the 1980s she moved to the United States and appeared on television series including Quincy M.E., St. Elsewhere, and Cagney & Lacey. Her film credits from that period include Daniel (1983), Amadeus (1984), The Deliberate Stranger (1986), and Lady in White (1988). She won the Israeli Film Academy’s Best Actress award for Laura Adler’s Last Love Affair (1990). Her later roles include Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats (2009) and Eleanor the Great (2025).
Rita Zohar is an actress with a career spanning film, television, and theater. She was born during World War II in a concentration camp in Balta (then part of the Kingdom of Romania).
She emigrated to Israel with her mother in the 1950s and began acting at the Cameri Theatre, performing in Yiddish. In the 1980s she moved to the United States and appeared on television series including Quincy M.E., St. Elsewhere, and Cagney & Lacey. Her film credits from that period include Daniel (1983), Amadeus (1984), The Deliberate Stranger (1986), and Lady in White (1988). She won the Israeli Film Academy’s Best Actress award for Laura Adler’s Last Love Affair (1990).
Her later roles include Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats (2009) and Eleanor the Great (2025).
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Filmography
Eleanor the Great
2025
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as Bessie
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Age: 82
Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats
2011
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as Yolanda Moskowitz
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Age: 68
Bella Mafia
1997
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as Sister Giuliana
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Age: 54
No Image
A Call to Remember
1997
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as Renya Weiss
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Age: 54
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
1996
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as Peter's Mother
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Age: 53
Waterworld
1995
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as Atoller
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Age: 52
The Disappearance of Christina
1993
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as Anna
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Age: 49
Final Analysis
1992
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as Dr. Grusin
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Age: 49
The Last Love of Laura Adler
1990
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as Laura
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Age: 46
From the Dead of Night
1989
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as Elena
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Age: 46
Lady in White
1988
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as Mrs. Agnes Cilak
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Age: 45
Roses Are for the Rich
1987
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as Daisy
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Age: 44
Young Harry Houdini
1987
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as Mrs. Weiss
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Age: 44
The Execution
1985
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as
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Age: 42