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Eda Reiss Merin
Person

Eda Reiss Merin

Specialty
Acting
Birth
July 31, 1913 · 84 years
Death
March 31, 1998
Origin
New York City, New York, USA

Technical Alias

Eda Reis MerinEda Reis Marin

Professional Trajectory

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).

Registered Filmography