- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 10, 1943
- Place of Birth
- —
Rita Zohar
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).
Filmography
movieEleanor the Great
2025 · Bessie
tvGrotesquerie
2024 · Mumbling Hospital Patient
tvHigh Potential
2024 · Miriam Weisman
movieUnspoken
2024 · Mrs. Helfgott
tvHunters
2020 · Esther Schwartzman
tvLittle America
2020
movieTree #3
2019 · Nurit
movieMrs. Moskowitz and the Cats
2011 · Yolanda Moskowitz
moviePorcelain Unicorn
2010 · Older Woman
tvMonk
2002 · Mrs. Zlatavich
movieBella Mafia
1997 · Sister Giuliana
movieA Call to Remember
1997 · Renya Weiss
movieThe Man Who Captured Eichmann
1996 · Peter's Mother
tv7th Heaven
1996 · Charlotte Kerjesz
tvJAG
1995 · Mrs. Minas
movieWaterworld
1995 · Atoller
tvER
1994 · Patient's Wife
movieThe Disappearance of Christina
1993 · Anna
movieFinal Analysis
1992 · Dr. Grusin
movieThe Last Love of Laura Adler
1990 · Laura
movieFrom the Dead of Night
1989 · Elena
movieLady in White
1988 · Mrs. Agnes Cilak
movieRoses Are for the Rich
1987 · Daisy
tvRoses Are for the Rich
1987 · Daisy
movieYoung Harry Houdini
1987 · Mrs. Weiss
movieThe Deliberate Stranger
1986 · Eleanor Rose
tvThe Deliberate Stranger
1986 · Eleanor Rose
movieThe Execution
1985
movieDaniel
1983 · Grandmother
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982 · Vera Anya