Eda Reiss Merin
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Biography
Eda Reiss Merin (July 31, 1913 – March 31, 1998) was an American stage, film, television, and voice actress. With a career spanning over six decades, she appeared on Broadway, in regional and touring productions, and later in film and television. She was best known to modern audiences for her role as the babysitter Mrs. Sturak in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) and for voicing Orddu, one of the witches, in Disney's animated feature The Black Cauldron (1985).
Known For
Filmography
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
as Orddu (voice) (archive sound)
For Better or Worse
1995
as Rose
National Lampoon's Last Resort
1994
as Ida
ER
1994
as Mrs. Heizer
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
as Mrs. Sturak
Civil Wars
1991
as Ester Schoen
Sydney
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
as Mrs. Sweeting
Turner & Hooch
1989
as Mrs. Remington
Dear John
1988
as Patient
Dear John
1988
as Mrs. Spencer
Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Sophie
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special
1986
as Caine's Mother
Throb
1986
as Woman at Desk
The Black Cauldron
1985
as Orddu (voice)
House
1985
as Mrs. Jones
War and Love
1985
as Masha
Amazing Stories
1985
as Dora
Misfits of Science
1985
as Erma
Ghostbusters
1984
as Louis's Neighbor
Night Court
1984
as Gertrude Stuckey
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dorothy Fremont
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
as Ma
To Be or Not to Be
1983
as Frightened Jewish Woman
A Rose for Emily
1983
as Cousin II
Girls of the White Orchid
1983
as Mrs. Powers
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
1982
as Mary Gatlin
Family Ties
1982
as Woman at Airport
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Mrs. Gustas
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Norma
Code Red
1981
as Mrs. Philips
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Mrs. Kramer
The Frisco Kid
1979
as Mrs. Bender
First, You Cry
1978
as Saleswoman
The Prince of Central Park
1977
as Alice
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Esther Goldman
Hester Street
1975
as Rabbi's Wife
Man on a Bus
1955
as social worker
Lili
1953
as Fruit peddler (uncredited)
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
as Maid (uncredited)
Flying Leathernecks
1951
as Mama Malotke (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
as Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)
No Way Out
1950
as Nurse (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door
1949
as Reporter (uncredited)
Leben des Galilei
1947
as Mrs. Sarti