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)
House (1985)
as Mrs. Jones
Turner & Hooch (1989)
as Mrs. Remington
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
as Mrs. Sturak
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
as Maid (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
as Frightened Jewish Woman
Knock on Any Door (1949)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
as Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)
Girls of the White Orchid (1983)
as Mrs. Powers
The Frisco Kid (1979)
as Mrs. Bender
Lili (1953)
as Fruit peddler (uncredited)
Hester Street (1975)
as Rabbi's Wife
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
as Mama Malotke (uncredited)
No Way Out (1950)
as Nurse (uncredited)
First, You Cry (1978)
as Saleswoman
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
as Ma
Once Upon a Halloween (2005)
as Orddu (voice) (archive sound)
For Better or Worse (1995)
as Rose
The Prince of Central Park (1977)
as Alice
The Pompatus of Love (1996)
as Older Woman on Plane
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982)
as Mary Gatlin
National Lampoon's Last Resort (1994)
as Ida
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's (1993)
Actor
Man on a Bus (1955)
as social worker
War and Love (1985)
as Masha
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special (1986)
as Caine's Mother
A Rose for Emily (1983)
as Cousin II
Leben des Galilei (1947)
as Mrs. Sarti