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