Eda Reiss Merin
Born: 1913-07-31
• 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).
Filmography
Once Upon a Halloween
For Better or Worse
National Lampoon's Last Resort
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Turner & Hooch
The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special
House
War and Love
The Black Cauldron
Ghostbusters
To Be or Not to Be
Girls of the White Orchid
A Rose for Emily
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
The Frisco Kid
First, You Cry
The Prince of Central Park
Hester Street
Man on a Bus
Lili
Don't Bother to Knock
Flying Leathernecks
No Way Out
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Knock on Any Door
Leben des Galilei