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Reta Shaw (1912–1982)

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Reta Shaw is best known to television audiences as Hope Lange's housekeeper in the TV series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. Disney fans will remember her as one of the singing domestics in the Oscar-winning masterpiece Mary Poppins. While she never achieved stardom as a leading lady, she earned her place as a solid supporting player in a variety of popular... See full bio »

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in South Paris, Maine, USA

Died:

(age 69) in Encino, California, USA
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1975 Escape to Witch Mountain
Mrs. Grindley
 
1974 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV series)
Mrs. Tusher
– Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby... (1974) … Mrs. Tusher
 
1974 Happy Days (TV series)
Mrs. McCarthy
– Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1974) … Mrs. McCarthy
 
1974 The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (TV movie)
Miss Markin
 
1973 Cannon (TV series)
Apartment Manager
– Arena of Fear (1973) … Apartment Manager
 
1973 The Odd Couple (TV series)
Claire Foster
– Maid for Each Other (1973) … Claire Foster
 
1973 Guess Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (TV movie)
Mrs. Guzmando
 
1973 Emergency! (TV series)
Ozella Peterson
– Snakebite (1973) … Ozella Peterson
 
1968-1973 Here's Lucy (TV series)
Mabel Ryker / Mrs. Witherspoon / Rita Forrester
– Lucy's Tenant (1973) … Mrs. Witherspoon
– Lucy and the Group Encounter (1972) … Rita Forrester
– Lucy, the Process Server (1968) … Mabel Ryker
 
1973 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Flo
– Death Leap (1973) … Flo
 
1973 The Toy Game (TV movie)
Adelle
 
1973 The Brian Keith Show (TV series)
Miss Gormley
– Honest Sean Drives Again (1973) … Miss Gormley
 
1972 Call Holme (TV movie)
Woman
 
1964-1972 Bewitched (TV series)
Aunt Hagatha / Bertha
– Sam's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse (1972) … Aunt Hagatha
– Witches and Warlocks Are My Favorite Things (1966) … Aunt Hagatha
– There's No Witch Like an Old Witch (1965) … Bertha
– The Witches Are Out (1964) … Bertha
 
1972 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
Nurse
– The Birth (1972) … Nurse
– Annie Get Your Bike (1972) … Nurse
 
1972 Me and the Chimp (TV series)
– Mike's Day with Buttons (1972)
 
1971 Murder Once Removed (TV movie)
Nurse Regis
 
1971 Arnie (TV series)
– The Maid (1971)
 
1970 Matt Lincoln (TV series)
Mrs. Tweed
– Lia (1970)
– Angie (1970) … Mrs. Tweed
 
1968-1970 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
Martha Grant
– Wedding Day????? (1970) … Martha Grant
– Curious Cousin (1970) … Martha Grant
– Amateur Night (1970) … Martha Grant
– Martha Meets the Captain (1970) … Martha Grant
– Pardon My Ghost (1970) … Martha Grant
See all 50 episodes »
 
1965-1969 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Supporting Player / Clara's Mother / Mrs. Gotloot / …
– John Wayne's 40th Anniversary or Hominy and True Grits (1969) … Supporting Player
– Button Up Your Overcoat: You Forgot Your Pants (1969) … Clara's Mother
– San Fernando: Man with a Heart of Stolen Gold (1968) … Supporting Player
– Episode #17.12 (1967) … Woman at Reading of Will
– Episode #15.17 (1966) … Mrs. Gotloot
See all 6 episodes »
 
1968 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Shoe Store Customer
– The Hero (1968) … Shoe Store Customer
 
1968 I Dream of Jeannie (TV series)
Annie / Colonel Finch
– Jeannie and the Wild Pipchicks (1968) … Colonel Finch
– Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie?: Part 2 (1968) … Annie
 
1968 Mad Mad Scientist (TV movie)
Phoebe
 
1967 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV series)
Receptionist
– The Zero Man (1967) … Receptionist
 
1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Mrs. Sedley
– The Fountain of Youth Affair (1967) … Mrs. Sedley
 
1966-1967 Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series)
Mrs. Newhall / Mrs. Swanson
– The Officer of the Court (1967) … Mrs. Swanson
– The Pied Piper of Ridgemont (1966) … Mrs. Newhall
 
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Miss Witherspoon
– The Suburbia Affair (1967) … Miss Witherspoon
 
1966 The Monkees (TV series)
Mrs. Badderly
– Too Many Girls (1966) … Mrs. Badderly (as Rita Shaw)
 
1966 That Girl (TV series)
Organ Saleslady
– Phantom of the Horse Opera (1966) … Organ Saleslady
 
1966 I Spy (TV series)
Bessie McGivney
– Lisa (1966) … Bessie McGivney
 
1966 Love on a Rooftop (TV series)
Lillian
– Dave's Night Out (1966) … Lillian
 
1966 Meet Me in St. Louis (TV movie)
Katie
 
1966 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
Mrs. Lockwood
– Dave's Other Office (1966) … Mrs. Lockwood
 
1966 Made in Paris
American Bar Singer
 
1966 The Patty Duke Show (TV series)
Eloise Sutton
– Patty Leads a Dog's Life (1966) … Eloise Sutton
 
1962-1966 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Dora Dunbar / Mrs. Foley / Woman on Bench
– Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere (1966) … Mrs. Foley
– My Fair Lucy (1965) … Dora Dunbar
– Lucy Misplaces $2,000 (1962) … Woman on Bench
 
1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell
 
1965 Lost in Space (TV series)
Aunt Clara Simms
– Return from Outer Space (1965) … Aunt Clara Simms
 
1965 The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
Dawn McCracken
– Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work (1965) … Dawn McCracken
 
1965 The Loved One
Manager of The Zomba Cafe
 
1965 Marriage on the Rocks
Saleslady at Saks (uncredited)
 
1965 That Funny Feeling
Woman at Phone Booth
 
1965 Valentine's Day (TV series)
– I'll Cry at My Wedding (1965)
 
1965 The Cara Williams Show (TV series)
Mrs. Burkhardt
– Cara's Private War Against Poverty (1965) … Mrs. Burkhardt
 
1962-1965 My Three Sons (TV series)
Fedocia Barnett / Mrs. Bradshaw
– Here Comes Charley (1965) … Fedocia Barnett
– A Holiday for Tramp (1962) … Mrs. Bradshaw
 
1964 Wagon Train (TV series)
Tenny
– The Richard Bloodgood Story (1964) … Tenny
 
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Head Nurse
– Think Pretty (1964) … Head Nurse
 
1964 Mary Poppins
The Domestic
 
1963-1964 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
Aunt Josie / Mrs. Foley
– Hey, Teacher (1964) … Mrs. Foley
– Come a-Runnin' (1963) … Aunt Josie
 
1962-1964 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
Big Maude Tyler / Eleanora Poultice
– The Song Festers (1964) … Eleanora Poultice
– Convicts-at-Large (1962) … Big Maude Tyler
 
1964 A Global Affair
Nurse Argyle
 
1964 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
Elsa
– Cousin Helga Came to Dinner (1964) … Elsa
 
1963 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Nurse
– Million Dollar Hospital (1963) … Nurse
 
1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
Mrs. Ardmore
– Tyrees of Capitol Hill (1963) … Mrs. Ardmore
 
1960-1962 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV series)
Mrs. Ellingboe / Mrs. Finchley
– Bachelor Father... and Son (1962) … Mrs. Finchley
– That's Show Biz (1960) … Mrs. Ellingboe
 
1962 Oh, Those Bells (TV series)
Mrs. Stanfield
– Camping Trip (1962) … Mrs. Stanfield
– Scratched Fender (1962) … Mrs. Stanfield
– Mexican Holiday (1962) … Mrs. Stanfield
– Short Change (1962) … Mrs. Stanfield
– Ma Scarlet (1962) … Mrs. Stanfield
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1962 Thriller (TV series)
Celia Hooper Somers
– 'Til Death Do Us Part (1962) … Celia Hooper Somers
 
1962 Follow the Sun (TV series)
Bertha Bullfinch
– The Irresistible Miss Bullfinch (1962) … Bertha Bullfinch
 
1962 Outlaws (TV series)
Mrs. Bond
– The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid (1962) … Mrs. Bond
 
1961 Bachelor in Paradise
Mrs. Brown
 
1961 Pete and Gladys (TV series)
Cora
– Uncle Paul's New Wife (1961) … Cora
 
1961 Sanctuary
Miss Reba
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
Nora Flannery
– Don't Believe a Word She Says (1961) … Nora Flannery
 
1960 The Tab Hunter Show (TV series)
Thelma
– Hot and Cold (1960) … Thelma
– The Doll in the Bathtub (1960) … Thelma
– Double Trouble (1960) … Thelma
– I Love a Marine (1960) … Thelma
– The Matchmaker (1960) … Thelma
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1960 Pollyanna
Tillie Lagerlof
 
1959 Meet Me in St. Louis (TV movie)
Katey - Maid
 
1958-1959 The Ann Sothern Show (TV series)
Flora McCauley
– Five Year Itch (1959) … Flora McCauley
– East Side Story (1958) … Flora McCauley
– Say It with Music (1958) … Flora McCauley
– The Countess of Bartley (1958) … Flora McCauley
– The Masquerade Ball (1958) … Flora McCauley
 
1958 The Millionaire (TV series)
Mrs. Dubrock
– The Johanna Judson Story (1958) … Mrs. Dubrock
 
1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer
Nurse Kennedy
 
1958 Date with the Angels (TV series)
Mrs. Lyons
– Double Trouble (1958) … Mrs. Lyons
 
1957 The Real McCoys (TV series)
Eunice Webster
– It's a Woman's World (1957) … Eunice Webster
 
1957 Annie Get Your Gun (TV movie)
Dolly Tate
 
1957 The Pajama Game
Mabel
 
1957 All Mine to Give
Mrs. Runyon
 
1957 Man Afraid
Nurse Willis
 
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Martha Stone
– The Creeper (1956) … Martha Stone
 
1955 Picnic
Irma Kronkite
 
1954 Mister Peepers (TV series)
Aunt Lil
 
1953 Johnny Jupiter (TV series)
Mrs. Clandish
– The Surprise Birthday Party (1953) … Mrs. Clandish
– Duckweather and the Professor (1953) … Mrs. Clandish
 
1953 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– A. Fadeout (1953)
 
1952 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– The Visitor (1952)
 
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1966 Mickie Finn's (TV series)
– Episode #1.10 (1966) (performer: "I'll Never Be Jealous Again")
 
1966 Made in Paris (performer: "You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night Or You Can't See Mama At All")
 
1966 The Patty Duke Show (TV series)
– Patty Leads a Dog's Life (1966) (performer: "Rock-a-bye Baby" - uncredited)
 
1964 Mary Poppins (performer: "Sister Suffragette" 1964 - uncredited / "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" 1964 - uncredited)
 
1957 The Pajama Game (performer: "I'll Never Be Jealous Again")
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1967 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.2 (1967) … Herself (uncredited)
 
1966 Mickie Finn's (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.10 (1966) … Herself
 
1958 The Betty White Show (TV series)
Herself (regular performer)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2005 Bewitched: The Magic Unveiled (video short)
Bertha
 
1963-1980 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 

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