Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 31, 1913
Died
Mar 31, 1998
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
45 titles
Eda Reiss Merin
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 Schoen
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
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