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 (30 titles)
6.9MovieEleanor the Great
Bessie · 2025
7.3ShowGrotesquerie
Mumbling Hospital Patient · 2024
8.2ShowHigh Potential
Miriam Weisman · 2024
MovieUnspoken
Mrs. Helfgott · 2024
7.1ShowHunters
Esther Schwartzman · 2020
6.6ShowLittle America
2020
8.0MovieTree #3
Nurit · 2019
7.0MovieMrs. Moskowitz and the Cats
Yolanda Moskowitz · 2011
6.7MoviePorcelain Unicorn
Older Woman · 2010
8.0ShowMonk
Mrs. Zlatavich · 2002
6.6MovieBella Mafia
Sister Giuliana · 1997
6.4MovieA Call to Remember
Renya Weiss · 1997
6.2MovieThe Man Who Captured Eichmann
Peter's Mother · 1996
6.5Show7th Heaven
Charlotte Kerjesz · 1996
7.3ShowJAG
Mrs. Minas · 1995
6.2MovieWaterworld
Atoller · 1995
7.8ShowER
Patient's Wife · 1994
5.8MovieThe Disappearance of Christina
Anna · 1993
5.8MovieFinal Analysis
Dr. Grusin · 1992
7.0MovieThe Last Love of Laura Adler
Laura · 1990
6.0MovieFrom the Dead of Night
Elena · 1989
6.1MovieLady in White
Mrs. Agnes Cilak · 1988
6.3MovieRoses Are for the Rich
Daisy · 1987
ShowRoses Are for the Rich
Daisy · 1987
7.0MovieYoung Harry Houdini
Mrs. Weiss · 1987
6.3MovieThe Deliberate Stranger
Eleanor Rose · 1986
ShowThe Deliberate Stranger
Eleanor Rose · 1986
7.3MovieThe Execution
1985
6.7MovieDaniel
Grandmother · 1983
5.7ShowSt. Elsewhere
Vera Anya · 1982