Rita Zohar
Acting
Born: 1943-01-10
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).
Known For
JAG
Mrs. Minas
Monk
Mrs. Zlatavich
High Potential
Miriam Weisman
ER
Patient's Wife
St. Elsewhere
Vera Anya
7th Heaven
Charlotte Kerjesz
Hunters
Esther Schwartzman
Waterworld
Atoller
Grotesquerie
Mumbling Hospital Patient
Little America
The Deliberate Stranger
Eleanor Rose
Final Analysis
Dr. Grusin
Bella Mafia
Sister Giuliana
Eleanor the Great
Bessie
Lady in White
Mrs. Agnes Cilak
Roses Are for the Rich
Daisy
Tree #3
Nurit
The Deliberate Stranger
Eleanor Rose
The Execution
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
Peter's Mother
Daniel
Grandmother
Young Harry Houdini
Mrs. Weiss
Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats
Yolanda Moskowitz
The Disappearance of Christina
Anna
A Call to Remember
Renya Weiss
From the Dead of Night
Elena
Roses Are for the Rich
Daisy
Porcelain Unicorn
Older Woman
Unspoken
Mrs. Helfgott
The Last Love of Laura Adler
Laura