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Eda Reiss Merin

Cast & creator

Eda Reiss Merin

1913-07-31 (died at 84) New York City, New York, USAIMDb

Best known for ER, Murder, She Wrote, Hill Street Blues

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).

Also known as: Eda Reis Merin, Eda Reis Marin

Movies

28

film credits

Series

18

television credits

Career

46

1947–2005 · acting roles

Credit score

6.5

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

ER

Mrs. Heizer · 1994

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Dorothy Fremont · 1984

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

Mrs. Kramer · 1981

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

Esther Goldman · 1976

Night Court

Night Court

Gertrude Stuckey · 1984

Across film & television

Filmography (46)

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ER

Mrs. Heizer

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Dorothy Fremont

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

Mrs. Kramer

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

Esther Goldman

Night Court

Night Court

Gertrude Stuckey

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

Mrs. Gustas

Family Ties

Family Ties

Woman at Airport

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey

Norma

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Mrs. Sweeting

Dear John

Dear John

Patient

Dear John

Dear John

Mrs. Spencer

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

Dora

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

Louis's Neighbor

The Black Cauldron

The Black Cauldron

Orddu (voice)

Civil Wars

Civil Wars

Ester Schoenfeld

Misfits of Science

Misfits of Science

Erma

Code Red

Code Red

Mrs. Philips

Throb

Woman at Desk

Turner & Hooch

Turner & Hooch

Mrs. Remington

Sydney

Sydney

House

House

Mrs. Jones

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be

Frightened Jewish Woman

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Mrs. Sturak

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)

Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

Maid (uncredited)

Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

Reporter (uncredited)

Girls of the White Orchid

Girls of the White Orchid

Mrs. Powers

The Frisco Kid

The Frisco Kid

Mrs. Bender

No Way Out

No Way Out

Nurse (uncredited)

Lili

Lili

Fruit peddler (uncredited)

For Better or Worse

For Better or Worse

Rose

National Lampoon's Last Resort

National Lampoon's Last Resort

Ida

Once Upon a Halloween

Once Upon a Halloween

Orddu (voice) (archive sound)

Flying Leathernecks

Flying Leathernecks

Mama Malotke (uncredited)

The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special

The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special

Caine's Mother

Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's

Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's

A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

Mary Gatlin

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

Ma

Hester Street

Hester Street

Rabbi's Wife

The Prince of Central Park

The Prince of Central Park

Alice

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

Sophie

A Rose for Emily

A Rose for Emily

Cousin II

Man on a Bus

Man on a Bus

social worker

First, You Cry

First, You Cry

Saleswoman

Leben des Galilei

Leben des Galilei

Mrs. Sarti

War and Love

War and Love

Masha