Acting
Rita Zohar
EN, HE, DE cinema · 19 credits
Born
10 January 1943 (age 83)
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).
Known for
Filmography
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
A Call to Remember
as Renya Weiss
Bella Mafia
as Sister Giuliana
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
as Peter's Mother
Waterworld
as Atoller
Final Analysis
as Dr. Grusin
Lady in White
as Mrs. Agnes Cilak
Young Harry Houdini
as Mrs. Weiss
The Deliberate Stranger
as Eleanor Rose
Daniel
as Grandmother