Rita Zohar
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 10, 1943
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
Eleanor the Great 2025
as Bessie
Unspoken 2024
as Mrs. Helfgott
Tree #3 2019
as Nurit
Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats 2011
as Yolanda Moskowitz
Porcelain Unicorn 2010
as Older Woman
Bella Mafia 1997
as Sister Giuliana
A Call to Remember 1997
as Renya Weiss
The Man Who Captured Eichmann 1996
as Peter's Mother
Waterworld 1995
as Atoller
The Disappearance of Christina 1993
as Anna
Final Analysis 1992
as Dr. Grusin
The Last Love of Laura Adler 1990
as Laura
From the Dead of Night 1989
as Elena
Lady in White 1988
as Mrs. Agnes Cilak
Roses Are for the Rich 1987
as Daisy
Young Harry Houdini 1987
as Mrs. Weiss
The Deliberate Stranger 1986
as Eleanor Rose
The Execution 1985
Actor
Daniel 1983
as Grandmother
Credits from TMDB.