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Reta Shaw

American actress (1912-1982) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 69

Reta Shaw was an American character actress known for playing strong, hard-edged, working women in film and on many of the most popular television programs of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States.

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1982Died8 January 19821975Escape to Witch MountainFilm, Mrs. Grindley1974The Girl who Came Gift WrappedFilm, Miss Markin1973Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?Film, Mrs. Guzmando1972Emergency!Series, Ozella Peterson1971Murder Once RemovedFilm, Nurse Regis1970The Odd CoupleSeries, Claire Foster1968Here's LucySeries, Mrs. Ryker1966Made in ParisFilm, American Bar Singer1965I Dream of JeannieSeries, AnnieThat Funny FeelingFilm, 1965Woman at Phone Booth1964A Global AffairFilm, Nurse Argyle1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries, Penny1962The Lucy ShowSeries, Dora Dunbar1961Bachelor in ParadiseFilm, Mrs. Brown1960My Three SonsSeries, Fedocia BarnettPollyannaFilm, 1960Tillie Lagerlof1959Meet Me in St. LouisFilm, Katey1958The Lady Takes a FlyerFilm, Nurse Kennedy1957The Real McCoysSeriesAll Mine to GiveFilm, 1957Mrs. RunyonAnnie Get Your GunFilm, 1957Dolly Tate1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Martha StonePicnicFilm, 1955Irma Henderson1951The Red Skelton ShowSeries, Myrtle's Mother1912Born13 September 1912

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  • Mary Poppins 1964
  • Pollyanna 1960
  • The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966
  • Escape to Witch Mountain 1975
  • Picnic 1955

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Filmography 20

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Television 24

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She may be best remembered as the housekeeper, Martha Grant, on the television series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and as the cook, Mrs. Brill, in the 1964 film Mary Poppins.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1982 · aged 69

In the same film or series as Reta

Doris DayAlso in The Pajama Game (1957)Barbara EdenAlso in Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed? (1973)Don KnottsAlso in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)Richard CrennaAlso in Made in Paris (1966)