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