Eda Reiss Merin
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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
Ghostbusters (1984)
as Louis's Neighbor
The Black Cauldron (1985)
as Orddu (voice)
Turner & Hooch (1989)
as Mrs. Remington
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
as Mrs. Sturak
House (1985)
as Mrs. Jones
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
as Frightened Jewish Woman
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
as Maid (uncredited)
The Frisco Kid (1979)
as Mrs. Bender
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
as Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Actor
Lili (1953)
as Fruit peddler (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door (1949)
as Reporter (uncredited)
No Way Out (1950)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Once Upon a Halloween (2005)
as Orddu (voice) (archive sound)
Girls of the White Orchid (1983)
as Mrs. Powers
For Better or Worse (1995)
as Rose
First, You Cry (1978)
as Saleswoman
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
as Ma
National Lampoon's Last Resort (1994)
as Ida
Hester Street (1975)
as Rabbi's Wife
Man on a Bus (1955)
as social worker
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982)
as Mary Gatlin
War and Love (1985)
as Masha
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's (1993)
Actor
A Rose for Emily (1983)
as Cousin II
The Prince of Central Park (1977)
as Alice
Leben des Galilei (1947)
as Mrs. Sarti
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special (1986)
as Caine's Mother