Rita Zohar
Birthday: 1943-01-10 | Place of Birth: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
Acting
Role
as Bessie
as Mrs. Helfgott
as Nurit
as Older Woman
as Renya Weiss
as Anna
as Dr. Grusin
as Laura
as Mrs. Agnes Cilak
as Daisy
as Daisy
