Deceased

How Did Reta Shaw Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 69

Also known asReta M. ShawGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn13/09/1912Died08/01/1982Died inEncinoCausepulmonary emphysemaWikidataQ453415 ↗Buried atForest Lawn Memorial ParkTMDb#5828 ↗

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. 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.

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Filmography46 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2006	LegendsSeries	Mabel (archive footage) (uncredited)	94
1973	Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?Movie	Mrs. Guzmando	61
1972	Emergency!Series	—	60
1971	CannonSeries	—	59
1971	The New Dick Van Dyke ShowSeries	Head Nurse	59
1970	The Odd CoupleSeries	Claire Foster	58
1968	Here's LucySeries	Miss Witherspoon	56
1968	The Ghost & Mrs. MuirSeries	Martha Grant	56
1966	Made in ParisMovie	American Bar Singer	54
1966	That GirlSeries	—	54
1966	The MonkeesSeries	Mrs. Badderly	54
1965	Lost in SpaceSeries	Aunt Clara Simms	53
1965	The F.B.I.Series	Shoe Store Customer	53
1965	I Dream of JeannieSeries	Colonel Finch	53
1965	The Loved OneMovie	Manager of The Zomba Cafe	53
1965	That Funny FeelingMovie	Woman at Phone Booth	53
1964	Mary PoppinsMovie	Mrs. Brill	52
1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series	Miss Witherspoon	52
1964	BewitchedSeries	Bertha	52
1964	A Global AffairMovie	Nurse Argyle	52
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries	Penny	51
1963	The Patty Duke ShowSeries	—	51
1963	Vacation PlayhouseSeries	Aunt Josie	51
1962	The Lucy ShowSeries	Woman On Beach	50
1961	The Dick Van Dyke ShowSeries	—	49
1961	Bachelor in ParadiseMovie	Mrs. Brown	49
1961	SanctuaryMovie	Miss Reba	49
1961	Alcoa PremiereSeries	Nurse	49
1960	ThrillerSeries	Celia Hooper Somers	48
1960	The Andy Griffith ShowSeries	Eleanora Poultice	48
1960	Pete and GladysSeries	—	48
1960	PollyannaMovie	Tillie Lagerlof	48
1960	My Three SonsSeries	Mrs. Bradshaw	48
1960	OutlawsSeries	—	48
1959	The Many Loves of Dobie GillisSeries	—	47
1959	Meet Me in St. LouisMovie	Katey	47
1957	The Real McCoysSeries	—	45
1957	All Mine to GiveMovie	Mrs. Runyon	45
1957	Annie Get Your GunMovie	Dolly Tate	45
1955	Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries	Martha Stone	43
1955	The MillionaireSeries	Margaret Dubrock	43
1955	PicnicMovie	Irma Henderson	43
1954	The Wonderful World of DisneySeries	Mrs. Tilly Langerlof	42
1954	December BrideSeries	—	42
1954	Studio 57Series	—	42
1951	The Red Skelton ShowSeries	Myrtle's Mother	39