Eda Reiss Merin

Birthday: 1913-07-31
Deathday: 1998-03-31
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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).

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2005-09-26	Once Upon a Halloween	Orddu (voice) (archive sound)
	1995-03-19	For Better or Worse	Rose
	1994-04-29	National Lampoon's Last Resort	Ida
	1993-09-09	Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
	1991-06-07	Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead	Mrs. Sturak
	1989-07-28	Turner & Hooch	Mrs. Remington
	1986-01-08	The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special	Caine's Mother
	1985-12-06	House	Mrs. Jones
	1985-09-13	War and Love	Masha
	1985-07-24	The Black Cauldron	Orddu (voice)
	1984-06-08	Ghostbusters	Louis's Neighbor
	1983-12-16	To Be or Not to Be	Frightened Jewish Woman
	1983-11-28	Girls of the White Orchid	Mrs. Powers
	1983-10-01	A Rose for Emily	Cousin II
	1983-01-01	Enormous Changes at the Last Minute	Ma
	1982-02-03	A Piano for Mrs. Cimino	Mary Gatlin
	1979-07-06	The Frisco Kid	Mrs. Bender
	1978-11-08	First, You Cry	Saleswoman
	1977-06-17	The Prince of Central Park	Alice
	1975-10-19	Hester Street	Rabbi's Wife
	1955-05-01	Man on a Bus	social worker
	1953-03-10	Lili	Fruit peddler (uncredited)
	1952-07-18	Don't Bother to Knock	Maid (uncredited)
	1951-08-28	Flying Leathernecks
	1950-08-16	No Way Out	Nurse (uncredited)
	1950-07-07	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited)
	1949-02-22	Knock on Any Door	Reporter (uncredited)
	1947-10-19	Leben des Galilei	Mrs. Sarti