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