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Rita Zohar
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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. Mosko…
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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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Rita Zohar's Filmography
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Eleanor the Great
as Bessie
Unspoken
as Mrs. Helfgott
Tree #3
as Nurit
Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats
as Yolanda Moskowitz
Porcelain Unicorn
as Older Woman
Bella Mafia
as Sister Giuliana
A Call to Remember
as Renya Weiss
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
as Peter's Mother
Waterworld
as Atoller
The Disappearance of Christina
as Anna
Final Analysis
as Dr. Grusin
The Last Love of Laura Adler
as Laura
From the Dead of Night
as Elena
Lady in White
as Mrs. Agnes Cilak
Roses Are for the Rich
as Daisy
Young Harry Houdini
as Mrs. Weiss
The Deliberate Stranger
as Eleanor Rose
The Execution
Daniel
as Grandmother