Eda Reiss Merin

Born: 1913-07-31 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1998-03-31

Known For: Acting

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).

Filmography

2005

Once Upon a Halloween as Orddu (voice) (archive sound)

1989

Turner & Hooch as Mrs. Remington

1988

Dear John as Patient

1987

Beauty and the Beast as Sophie

1986

Throb as Woman at Desk
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special as Caine's Mother

1985

Amazing Stories as Dora
The Black Cauldron as Orddu (voice)
Misfits of Science as Erma
House as Mrs. Jones
War and Love as Masha

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Dorothy Fremont
Night Court as Gertrude Stuckey
Ghostbusters as Louis's Neighbor

1983

To Be or Not to Be as Frightened Jewish Woman
Girls of the White Orchid as Mrs. Powers
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute as Ma
A Rose for Emily as Cousin II

1982

Family Ties as Woman at Airport
St. Elsewhere as Mrs. Gustas
Cagney & Lacey as Norma
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino as Mary Gatlin

1981

Hill Street Blues as Mrs. Kramer
Code Red as Mrs. Philips

1979

The Frisco Kid as Mrs. Bender

1978

First, You Cry as Saleswoman

1977

The Prince of Central Park as Alice

1976

Charlie's Angels as Esther Goldman

1975

Hester Street as Rabbi's Wife

1955

Man on a Bus as social worker

1953

Lili as Fruit peddler (uncredited)

1952

Don't Bother to Knock as Maid (uncredited)

1951

Flying Leathernecks

1950

Where the Sidewalk Ends as Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)
No Way Out as Nurse (uncredited)

1949

Knock on Any Door as Reporter (uncredited)

1947

Leben des Galilei as Mrs. Sarti