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).
MovieEleanor the Great
2025
as Bessie
TVGrotesquerie
2024
as Mumbling Hospital Patient
TVHigh Potential
2024
as Miriam Weisman
MovieUnspoken
2024
as Mrs. Helfgott
TVHunters
2020
as Esther Schwartzman
TVLittle America
2020
MovieTree #3
2019
as Nurit
MovieMrs. Moskowitz and the Cats
2011
as Yolanda Moskowitz
MoviePorcelain Unicorn
2010
as Older Woman
TVMonk
2002
as Mrs. Zlatavich
MovieBella Mafia
1997
as Sister Giuliana
MovieA Call to Remember
1997
as Renya Weiss
MovieThe Man Who Captured Eichmann
1996
as Peter's Mother
TV7th Heaven
1996
as Charlotte Kerjesz
TVJAG
1995
as Mrs. Minas
MovieWaterworld
1995
as Atoller
TVER
1994
as Patient's Wife
MovieThe Disappearance of Christina
1993
as Anna
MovieFinal Analysis
1992
as Dr. Grusin
MovieThe Last Love of Laura Adler
1990
as Laura
MovieFrom the Dead of Night
1989
as Elena
MovieLady in White
1988
as Mrs. Agnes Cilak
MovieRoses Are for the Rich
1987
as Daisy
TVRoses Are for the Rich
1987
as Daisy
MovieYoung Harry Houdini
1987
as Mrs. Weiss
MovieThe Deliberate Stranger
1986
as Eleanor Rose
TVThe Deliberate Stranger
1986
as Eleanor Rose
MovieThe Execution
1985
MovieDaniel
1983
as Grandmother
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Vera Anya
