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