RadarOnline.com is reporting that Zelda Rubinstein has been taken off life support and it has been estimated that she has only a short time left to live.

The 76-year-old actress is best known for her role as the medium Tangina Barrons in the ‘Poltergeist’ movies. She has been hospitalized for over a month at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles and the decision to remove her from the life support machine came after the failure of two of her major organs.

A friend of the actress told Radaronline.com that “Her lungs and kidneys have failed and she’s in and out of consciousness. It’s only a matter of time now — she doesn’t have long to live.”

Rubinstein won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the medium, Tangina, in ‘Poltergeist,’ directed by Tobe Hooper and released in 1982. She reprised the role in ‘Poltergeist II: The Other Side,’ and ‘Poltergeist III.’

Rubinstein also starred as Madame Serena in the 1989 film ‘Teen Witch.’

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