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\n“Go to the light”… “YOU SAID TO STAY AWAY FROM THE LIGHT!”… RIP.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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<\/a> Zelda Rubinstein<\/strong>, best known for her role as the pint-sized clairvoyant in 1982’s Poltergeist<\/strong>, died Wednesday at the age of 76. <\/p>\n

The 4-foot-3-inch actor recently suffered a heart attack, her agent told the L.A. Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The role of the psychic “Tangina Barrons” was her first big movie role — one she would reprise it in two sequels. Her signature line — “This house is clean” — might be the best “punch line” ever in a horror movie.<\/p>\n

As John Hughes fans will recall, it wasn’t her only ’80s role. She also played the church organist in 1984’s Sixteen Candles<\/strong>. (Loved the sloshing sound coming from her purse.) Other ’80s work includes roles in 1981’s Under the Rainbow<\/strong> and 1989’s Teen Witch<\/strong>. In later years, she had a starring role in TV’s Picket Fences<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you want a telling quote to remember her by, look back on her other big line in Poltergeist<\/em>: “There is no death. It is only a transition to a different sphere of consciousness.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shared by David “Go to the light”… “YOU SAID TO STAY AWAY FROM THE LIGHT!”… RIP. Zelda Rubinstein, best known for her role as the pint-sized clairvoyant in 1982’s Poltergeist, died Wednesday at the age of 76. The 4-foot-3-inch actor recently suffered a heart attack, her agent told the L.A. Times. The role of the … <\/p>\n

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