Eda Reiss Merin

Acting

Born July 31, 1913, New York City, New York, USA

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

• 2005Once Upon a Halloween — Orddu (voice) (archive sound)
• 1995For Better or Worse — Rose
• ER — Mrs. Heizer
• 1994National Lampoon's Last Resort — Ida
• 1993Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
• Civil Wars — Ester Schoenfeld
• 1991Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead — Mrs. Sturak
• Sydney
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Mrs. Sweeting
• 1989Turner & Hooch — Mrs. Remington
• Dear John — Patient, Mrs. Spencer
• Beauty and the Beast — Sophie
• 1986The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special — Caine's Mother
• Throb — Woman at Desk
• Amazing Stories — Dora
• 1985House — Mrs. Jones
• Misfits of Science — Erma
• 1985The Black Cauldron — Orddu (voice)
• 1985War and Love — Masha
• 1984Ghostbusters — Louis's Neighbor
• Murder, She Wrote — Dorothy Fremont
• Night Court — Gertrude Stuckey
• 1983A Rose for Emily — Cousin II
• 1983Enormous Changes at the Last Minute — Ma
• 1983Girls of the White Orchid — Mrs. Powers
• 1983To Be or Not to Be — Frightened Jewish Woman
• 1982A Piano for Mrs. Cimino — Mary Gatlin
• Cagney & Lacey — Norma
• Family Ties — Woman at Airport
• St. Elsewhere — Mrs. Gustas
• Code Red — Mrs. Philips
• Hill Street Blues — Mrs. Kramer
• 1979The Frisco Kid — Mrs. Bender
• 1978First, You Cry — Saleswoman
• 1977The Prince of Central Park — Alice
• Charlie's Angels — Esther Goldman
• 1975Hester Street — Rabbi's Wife
• 1955Man on a Bus — social worker
• 1953Lili — Fruit peddler (uncredited)
• 1952Don't Bother to Knock — Maid (uncredited)
• 1951Flying Leathernecks — Mama Malotke (uncredited)
• 1950No Way Out — Nurse (uncredited)
• 1950Where the Sidewalk Ends — Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)
• 1949Knock on Any Door — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1947Leben des Galilei — Mrs. Sarti