Biography
However, she struggled to find similarly dramatic work in the two decades that followed; more often than not, she was reduced to playing eccentrics or variants on her most famous character. However, she remained active and, from all accounts, game to tackle any project until 2009, when she was hospitalized for kidney failure. But her performance in "Poltergeist" - so convincing and honest in the face of so much supernatural goings-on - would …
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Career Milestones
2007 | Had a small role in Richard Kelly's "Southland Tales" | |
2007 | Made a cameo appearance in the horror film, "Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon" | |
2005 | Appeared in the film "Cages" as a manipulative and protective middle-aged British woman | |
2001 | Voiced a Psychiatrist in the Cartoon Network movie, "The Flintstones: On the Rocks" | |
2000 | Narrated the horror series, "Scariest Places on Earth" for ABC Family | |
1992 | Had a recurring role as police dispatcher Ginny Weedon on the CBS series, "Picket Fences" | |
1989 | Had a supporting role in the film, "Teen Witch" | |
1988 | Once again portrayed Tangine Barrons in "Poltergeist III" | |
1987 | Formed her own production company, ZR Productions | |
1986 | Reprised the role of Tangina Barrons in "Poltergeist II: The Other Side" | |
1984 | Had a small but memorable role in the John Hughes' comedy "Sixteen Candles" | |
1982 | Breakthrough role as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in Steven Spielberg's "Poltergeist" | |
1981 | Made feature film debut in "Under the Rainbow" | |
1980 | First TV credit, voiced a character on "Flintstone Family Adventures" (CBS) | |
1980 | Returned to school to study acting | |
| Worked in blood banks as a medical laboratory technologist in late 1960s and early 70s | ||