Reta Shaw

Reta Shaw is best known to television audiences as Hope Lange's housekeeper in the TV series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968). Disney fans will remember her as one of the singing domestics in the Oscar-winning masterpiece Mary Poppins (1964). While she never achieved stardom as a leading lady, she earned her place as a solid supporting player in a variety of popular, much-loved cinematic classics. She created the comic part of Mabel when the musical "The Pajama Game" opened on Broadway in 1954, a role she repeated in the film version. Date of Birth 13 September 1912,, South Paris, Maine Date of Death 8 January 1982, Encino, California  (emphysema)

Born:

Sep 13, 1912

Movie/TV Credits:

28

First Appeared:

In the series December Bride 1954-10-04

Latest Project:

Movie Escape to Witch Mountain 1975-03-21