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Reta Shaw was an American character actress known for playing strong, working women in film and on many of the most popular television programs of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. 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.
Born
Friday, 13 September 1912
Died
Friday, 08 January 1982
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Escape to Witch Mountain | Mrs. Grindley | 1975 |
| The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped | Miss Markin | 1974 |
| Happy Days | Mrs. McCarthy | 1974 |
| Guess Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? | Mrs. Guzmando | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Flo | 1973 |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Mrs. Tusher | 1972 |
| The Little People | Miss Gormley | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Ozella Peterson | 1972 |
| Me and the Chimp | Pearl Cutler | 1972 |
| Murder Once Removed | Nurse Regis | 1971 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Escape to Witch Mountain | Mrs. Grindley | 1975 |
| The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped | Miss Markin | 1974 |
| Happy Days | Mrs. McCarthy | 1974 |
| Guess Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? | Mrs. Guzmando | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Flo | 1973 |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Mrs. Tusher | 1972 |
| The Little People | Miss Gormley | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Ozella Peterson | 1972 |
| Me and the Chimp | Pearl Cutler | 1972 |
| Murder Once Removed | Nurse Regis | 1971 |
| The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Head Nurse | 1971 |
| Cannon | Princess | 1971 |
| Matt Lincoln | Mrs. Tweed | 1970 |
| The Odd Couple | Claire Frost | 1970 |
| Here's Lucy | Rita Forrester / Mrs. Witherspoon / Mabel Ryker | 1968 |
| The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | Martha Grant | 1968 |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | Receptionist | 1967 |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Self | 1967 |
| The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Mrs. Sedley | 1966 |
| The Monkees | Mrs. Badderly | 1966 |
| That Girl | Organ Saleslady | 1966 |
| Love on a Rooftop | Lillian | 1966 |
| Mickie Finn's | Self | 1966 |
| Made in Paris | American Bar Singer | 1966 |
| The Ghost and Mr. Chicken | Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell | 1966 |
| The Loved One | Manager of The Zomba Cafe | 1965 |
| Marriage on the Rocks | Saleslady at Saks | 1965 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | Colonel Abigail Finch / Annie | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Shoe Store Customer | 1965 |
| I Spy | Bessie McGivney | 1965 |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Mrs. Swanson | 1965 |
| Lost in Space | Aunt Clara Simms | 1965 |
| That Funny Feeling | Woman at Phone Booth | 1965 |
| Mary Poppins | Mrs. Brill - Cook | 1964 |
| The Cara Williams Show | Mrs. Burkhardt | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Miss Witherspoon | 1964 |
| Valentine's Day | Mrs. Dunstall | 1964 |
| Bewitched | Aunt Hagatha / Bertha | 1964 |
| A Global Affair | Nurse Argyle | 1964 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Head Nurse | 1963 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Elsa | 1963 |
| The Patty Duke Show | Eloise Sutton | 1963 |
| Vacation Playhouse | Aunt Josie / Mrs. Foley | 1963 |
| The Lucy Show | Woman on Bench / Mrs. Foley / Dora Dunbar | 1962 |
| The Lloyd Bridges Show | Mrs. Ardmore | 1962 |
| Oh! Those Bells | Mrs. Stanfield | 1962 |
| Bachelor in Paradise | Mrs. Brown | 1961 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Nurse | 1961 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Dawn McCracken | 1961 |
| Father of the Bride | Hortense Dithers | 1961 |
| Ichabod and Me | Livvy | 1961 |
| Follow the Sun | Bertha Bullfinch | 1961 |
| Sanctuary | Miss Reba | 1961 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Eleanora Poultice / Big Maude Tyler | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Mrs. Bond | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Fedocia Barnett / Mrs. Bradshaw | 1960 |
| Pete and Gladys | Cora | 1960 |
| The Tab Hunter Show | Thelma | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Nora Flannery | 1960 |
| Thriller | Celia Hooper Somers | 1960 |
| Pollyanna | Tillie Lagerlof | 1960 |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Mrs. Finchley / Laurabelle Ellingboe | 1959 |
| The Ann Sothern Show | Flora McCauley / Flora Macauly / Flora Macauley | 1958 |
| The Betty White Show | Self / Mrs. Peterson / Mother-in-law / Herself | 1958 |
| The Lady Takes a Flyer | Nurse Kennedy | 1958 |
| All Mine to Give | Mrs. Runyon | 1957 |
| The Real McCoys | Eunice Webster / Miss Amory | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Teeney | 1957 |
| The Pajama Game | Mabel | 1957 |
| Date with the Angels | Mrs. Lyons | 1957 |
| Man Afraid | Nurse Willis | 1957 |
| Picnic | Irma Kronkite / Irma Henderson | 1956 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Martha Stone | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Margaret Dubrock / Mrs. Stringer | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Mrs. Tilly Langerlof / Mrs. Grindley | 1954 |
| Johnny Jupiter | Mrs. Clandish | 1953 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Mrs. Lockwood | 1952 |
| Mister Peepers | Aunt Lil / Aunt Lillian | 1952 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Clara's Mother / Myrtle's Mother / Mrs. Throckmorton / Mrs. Gotloot / Minor Role | 1951 |
