Eda Reiss Merin
Known for: Acting
Born: July 31, 1913
Died: March 31, 1998
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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).
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Filmography
28 movies · 16 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
4.7
For Better or Worse
1995
7.8
ER
1994
4.0
National Lampoon's Last Resort
1994
9.0
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993
6.2
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
7.9
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
7.2
Sydney
1990
6.3
Turner & Hooch
1989
5.7
Dear John
1988
7.4
Beauty and the Beast
19876.3
Throb
1986
8.0
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special
1986
6.2
House
1985
7.1
Misfits of Science
1985
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
NR
War and Love
1985
6.4
The Black Cauldron
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.5
Ghostbusters
1984
7.3
Night Court
1984
6.7
To Be or Not to Be
1983
5.0
Girls of the White Orchid
1983
6.5
A Rose for Emily
1983
4.6
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
7.2
Family Ties
1982
6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.6
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
1982
7.0
Code Red
1981
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
6.1
The Frisco Kid
1979
NR
First, You Cry
1978
6.0
The Prince of Central Park
1977
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
6.3
Hester Street
1975
5.0
Man on a Bus
1955
6.8
Lili
1953
6.6
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
5.8
Flying Leathernecks
1951
6.9
No Way Out
1950
7.2
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
6.2
Knock on Any Door
1949
7.0
Leben des Galilei
1947