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Born:
1943-01-10
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Credits:
29 Total Roles
Rita Zohar
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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).
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).
Known For
Waterworld
Atoller
Monk
Mrs. Zlatavich
ER
Patient's Wife
Hunters
Esther Schwartzman
High Potential
Miriam Weisman
JAG
Mrs. Minas
Final Analysis
Dr. Grusin
Grotesquerie
Mumbling Hospital Patient
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eleanor the Great MOVIE | Bessie |
| 2024 | Grotesquerie TV | Mumbling Hospital Patient |
| 2024 | High Potential TV | Miriam Weisman |
| 2024 | Unspoken MOVIE | Mrs. Helfgott |
| 2020 | Hunters TV | Esther Schwartzman |
| 2020 | Little America TV | Self |
| 2019 | Tree #3 MOVIE | Nurit |
| 2011 | Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats MOVIE | Yolanda Moskowitz |
| 2010 | Porcelain Unicorn MOVIE | Older Woman |
| 2002 | Monk TV | Mrs. Zlatavich |