Eda Reiss Merin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 31, 1913
- Died
- March 31, 1998 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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).
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Filmography
Once Upon a Halloween
Movie · as Orddu (voice) (archive sound)
The Pompatus of Love
Movie · as Older Woman on Plane
For Better or Worse
Movie · as Rose
National Lampoon's Last Resort
Movie · as Ida
ER
TV · as Mrs. Heizer · 1 ep
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
Movie
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Movie · as Mrs. Sturak
Civil Wars
TV · as Ester Schoenfeld · 1 ep
Sydney
TV · 1 ep
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV · as Mrs. Sweeting · 1 ep
Turner & Hooch
Movie · as Mrs. Remington
Dear John
TV · as Patient, Mrs. Spencer · 1 ep
Beauty and the Beast
TV · as Sophie · 1 ep
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Caine's Mother
Throb
TV · as Woman at Desk · 1 ep
The Black Cauldron
Movie · as Orddu (voice)
House
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
War and Love
Movie · as Masha
Amazing Stories
TV · as Dora · 1 ep
Misfits of Science
TV · as Erma · 1 ep
Ghostbusters
Movie · as Louis's Neighbor
Night Court
TV · as Gertrude Stuckey · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Dorothy Fremont · 1 ep
Mike Hammer
TV · as Old Bat · 1 ep
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Movie · as Ma
To Be or Not to Be
Movie · as Frightened Jewish Woman
A Rose for Emily
Movie · as Cousin II
Girls of the White Orchid
Movie · as Mrs. Powers
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
Movie · as Mary Gatlin
Family Ties
TV · as Woman at Airport · 1 ep
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Mrs. Gustas · 1 ep
Cagney & Lacey
TV · as Norma · 1 ep
Code Red
TV · as Mrs. Philips · 1 ep
Hill Street Blues
TV · as Mrs. Kramer · 1 ep
The Frisco Kid
Movie · as Mrs. Bender
First, You Cry
Movie · as Saleswoman
The Prince of Central Park
Movie · as Alice
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Esther Goldman · 1 ep
Hester Street
Movie · as Rabbi's Wife
Man on a Bus
Movie · as social worker
Lili
Movie · as Fruit peddler (uncredited)
Don't Bother to Knock
Movie · as Maid (uncredited)
Flying Leathernecks
Movie · as Mama Malotke (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Movie · as Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)
No Way Out
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
Leben des Galilei
Movie · as Mrs. Sarti