Rita Zohar
Actor
Biography
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
Final Analysis
as Dr. Grusin 1992
Lady in White
as Mrs. Agnes Cilak 1988
Eleanor the Great
as Bessie 2025
Daniel
as Grandmother 1983
Bella Mafia
as Sister Giuliana 1997
The Deliberate Stranger
as Eleanor Rose 1986
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
as Peter's Mother 1996
A Call to Remember
as Renya Weiss 1997
Porcelain Unicorn
as Older Woman 2010
The Disappearance of Christina
as Anna 1993
The Execution
1985
The Last Love of Laura Adler
as Laura 1990
Roses Are for the Rich
as Daisy 1987
From the Dead of Night
as Elena 1989
Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats
as Yolanda Moskowitz 2011
Young Harry Houdini
as Mrs. Weiss 1987