Eda Reiss Merin
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).
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Films (29)
Once Upon a Halloween
2005 · Orddu (voice) (archive sound)
The Pompatus of Love
1996 · Older Woman on Plane
Amour toujours
1995 · Rose
Les vacances des maîtres-plongeurs
1994 · Ida
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993
Panique chez les Crandell
1991 · Mrs. Sturak
Turner & Hooch
1989 · Mrs. Remington
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special
1986 · Caine's Mother
House
1985 · Mrs. Jones
War and Love
1985 · Masha
The Black Cauldron
1985 · Orddu (voice)
Ghostbusters
1984 · Louis's Neighbor
To Be or Not to Be
1983 · Frightened Jewish Woman
Girls of the White Orchid
1983 · Mrs. Powers
A Rose for Emily
1983 · Cousin II
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983 · Ma
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
1982 · Mary Gatlin
The Frisco Kid
1979 · Mrs. Bender
First, You Cry
1978 · Saleswoman
The Prince of Central Park
1977 · Alice
Hester Street
1975 · Rabbi's Wife
Man on a Bus
1955 · social worker
Lili
1953 · Fruit peddler (uncredited)
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · Maid (uncredited)
Flying Leathernecks
1951 · Mama Malotke (uncredited)
No Way Out
1950 · Nurse (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950 · Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door
1949 · Reporter (uncredited)
Leben des Galilei
1947 · Mrs. Sarti
Séries (18)
Urgences
1994 · Mrs. Heizer
Guerres Privées
1991 · Ester Schoenfeld
Le Prince de Bel-Air
1990 · Mrs. Sweeting
Sydney
1990
Dear John
1988 · Patient, Mrs. Spencer
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Sophie
Throb
1986 · Woman at Desk
Misfits of Science
1985 · Erma
Amazing Stories
1985 · Dora
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Dorothy Fremont
Mike Hammer
1984 · Old Bat
Night Court
1984 · Gertrude Stuckey
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Mrs. Gustas
Family Ties
1982 · Woman at Airport
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Norma
Code Red
1981 · Mrs. Philips
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Mrs. Kramer
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Esther Goldman