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Rita Zohar

Jan 10, 1943 (83 years old) in

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

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Monk
Mrs. Zlatavich
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JAG
Mrs. Minas
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High Potential
Miriam Weisman
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ER
Patient's Wife
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St. Elsewhere
Vera Anya
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Hunters
Esther Schwartzman
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7th Heaven
Charlotte Kerjesz
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Grotesquerie
Mumbling Hospital Patient
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Little America
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Waterworld
Atoller

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