Eda Reiss Merin
Acting
Born: 1913-07-31 in 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).
Known For
Murder, She Wrote
Dorothy Fremont
ER
Mrs. Heizer
Charlie's Angels
Esther Goldman
Hill Street Blues
Mrs. Kramer
Family Ties
Woman at Airport
Night Court
Gertrude Stuckey
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Mrs. Sweeting
Cagney & Lacey
Norma
St. Elsewhere
Mrs. Gustas
Ghostbusters
Louis's Neighbor
Dear John
Patient
Dear John
Mrs. Spencer
Amazing Stories
Dora
Misfits of Science
Erma
The Black Cauldron
Orddu (voice)
Turner & Hooch
Mrs. Remington
Civil Wars
Ester Schoen
House
Mrs. Jones
Code Red
Mrs. Philips
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Mrs. Sturak
Sydney
Lili
Fruit peddler (uncredited)
National Lampoon's Last Resort
Ida
No Way Out
Nurse (uncredited)
The Frisco Kid
Mrs. Bender
To Be or Not to Be
Frightened Jewish Woman
Don't Bother to Knock
Maid (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door
Reporter (uncredited)
Girls of the White Orchid
Mrs. Powers
Flying Leathernecks
For Better or Worse
Rose
Beauty and the Beast
Sophie
Hester Street
Rabbi's Wife
Once Upon a Halloween
Orddu (voice) (archive sound)
First, You Cry
Saleswoman
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special
Caine's Mother
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
Mary Gatlin
War and Love
Masha