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).

Movies & TV Shows

1. Waterworld (1995) — Atoller
2. Monk (2002) — Mrs. Zlatavich
3. ER (1994) — Patient's Wife
4. Hunters (2020) — Esther Schwartzman
5. High Potential (2024) — Miriam Weisman
6. JAG (1995) — Mrs. Minas
7. Final Analysis (1992) — Dr. Grusin
8. Grotesquerie (2024) — Mumbling Hospital Patient
9. 7th Heaven (1996) — Charlotte Kerjesz
10. Lady in White (1988) — Mrs. Agnes Cilak
11. Eleanor the Great (2025) — Bessie
12. St. Elsewhere (1982) — Vera Anya
13. Little America (2020)
14. Daniel (1983) — Grandmother
15. Bella Mafia (1997) — Sister Giuliana
16. The Deliberate Stranger (1986) — Eleanor Rose
17. The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) — Peter's Mother
18. A Call to Remember (1997) — Renya Weiss
19. The Disappearance of Christina (1993) — Anna
20. The Last Love of Laura Adler (1990) — Laura
21. Porcelain Unicorn (2010) — Older Woman
22. Roses Are for the Rich (1987) — Daisy
23. From the Dead of Night (1989) — Elena
24. The Execution (1985)
25. Young Harry Houdini (1987) — Mrs. Weiss
26. Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats (2011) — Yolanda Moskowitz
27. Tree #3 (2019) — Nurit
28. Unspoken (2024) — Mrs. Helfgott
29. Roses Are for the Rich (1987) — Daisy
30. The Deliberate Stranger (1986) — Eleanor Rose