Eda Reiss Merin
ActingEda 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).
Movies
Orddu (voice) (archive sound)
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
Rose
For Better or Worse
1995
Ida
National Lampoon's Last Resort
1994
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993
Mrs. Sturak
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
Mrs. Remington
Turner & Hooch
1989
Caine's Mother
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special
1986
Mrs. Jones
House
1985
Masha
War and Love
1985
Orddu (voice)
The Black Cauldron
1985
Louis's Neighbor
Ghostbusters
1984
Frightened Jewish Woman
To Be or Not to Be
1983
Mrs. Powers
Girls of the White Orchid
1983
Cousin II
A Rose for Emily
1983
Ma
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
Mary Gatlin
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
1982
Mrs. Bender
The Frisco Kid
1979
Saleswoman
First, You Cry
1978
Alice
The Prince of Central Park
1977
Rabbi's Wife
Hester Street
1975
TV Shows
Mrs. Heizer
ER
1994
Ester Schoen
Civil Wars
1991
Mrs. Sweeting
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Sydney
1990
Patient
Dear John
1988
Mrs. Spencer
Dear John
1988
Sophie
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Erma
Misfits of Science
1985
Dora
Amazing Stories
1985
Dorothy Fremont
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Gertrude Stuckey
Night Court
1984
Mrs. Gustas
St. Elsewhere
1982
Woman at Airport
Family Ties
1982
Norma
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Mrs. Philips
Code Red
1981
Mrs. Kramer
Hill Street Blues
1981
Esther Goldman
Charlie's Angels
1976
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