Eda Reiss Merin
July 31, 1913 (113 years old) in 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2005 · Once Upon a Halloween as Orddu (voice) (archive sound)
- 1995 · For Better or Worse as Rose
- 1994 · ER as Mrs. Heizer
- 1994 · National Lampoon's Last Resort as Ida
- 1993 · Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's as
- 1991 · Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead as Mrs. Sturak
- 1990 · The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Mrs. Sweeting
- 1990 · Sydney as
- 1989 · Turner & Hooch as Mrs. Remington
- 1988 · Dear John as Patient
- 1988 · Dear John as Mrs. Spencer
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as Sophie
- 1986 · Throb as Woman at Desk
- 1986 · The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special as Caine's Mother
- 1985 · House as Mrs. Jones
- 1985 · Misfits of Science as Erma
- 1985 · Amazing Stories as Dora
- 1985 · War and Love as Masha
- 1985 · The Black Cauldron as Orddu (voice)
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Dorothy Fremont
- 1984 · Ghostbusters as Louis's Neighbor
- 1984 · Night Court as Gertrude Stuckey
- 1983 · To Be or Not to Be as Frightened Jewish Woman
- 1983 · Girls of the White Orchid as Mrs. Powers
- 1983 · A Rose for Emily as Cousin II
- 1983 · Enormous Changes at the Last Minute as Ma
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as Mrs. Gustas
- 1982 · Family Ties as Woman at Airport
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as Norma
- 1982 · A Piano for Mrs. Cimino as Mary Gatlin
- 1981 · Code Red as Mrs. Philips
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as Mrs. Kramer
- 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 as
- 1950 · No Way Out as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1950 · Where the Sidewalk Ends as Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)
- 1949 · Knock on Any Door as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1947 · Leben des Galilei as Mrs. Sarti