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