Rita Zohar
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Monk
Mrs. Zlatavich
2002
Series
ER
Patient's Wife
1994
Series
JAG
Mrs. Minas
1995
Series
High Potential
Miriam Weisman
2024
Series
St. Elsewhere
Vera Anya
1982
Series
7th Heaven
Charlotte Kerjesz
1996
Series
Hunters
Esther Schwartzman
2020
Series
Grotesquerie
Mumbling Hospital Patient
2024
Film
Waterworld
Atoller
1995
Series
Little America
2020
Film
Final Analysis
Dr. Grusin
1992
Film
Eleanor the Great
Bessie
2025
Film
Lady in White
Mrs. Agnes Cilak
1988
Film
Bella Mafia
Sister Giuliana
1997
Film
The Deliberate Stranger
Eleanor Rose
1986
Film
Daniel
Grandmother
1983
Series
Roses Are for the Rich
Daisy
1987
Film
Young Harry Houdini
Mrs. Weiss
1987
Series
The Deliberate Stranger
Eleanor Rose
1986
Film
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
Peter's Mother
1996
Film
The Execution
1985
Film
Unspoken
Mrs. Helfgott
2024
A Call to Remember
Renya Weiss
1997
Film
The Disappearance of Christina
Anna
1993
Film
From the Dead of Night
Elena
1989
Film
Roses Are for the Rich
Daisy
1987
Film
The Last Love of Laura Adler
Laura
1990
Film
Tree #3
Nurit
2019
Film
Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats
Yolanda Moskowitz
2011
Film
Porcelain Unicorn
Older Woman
2010