--- name: "Reta Shaw" canonical: "https://film.one/person/reta-shaw" roles: ["Actor"] born: "13 September 1912" died: "8 January 1982" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 73 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T04:21:14.093588+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Reta Shaw Actor. Born 13 September 1912 in South Paris. Died 8 January 1982. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 13 September 1912, South Paris - **Died:** 8 January 1982 - **Active:** 1955–1964 - **Also known as:** Reta M. Shaw - **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 63 (1), 1960s 83 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reta_Shaw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453415, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5828 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Mary Poppins*](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md) (83) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Reta Shaw was an American actress. Born Reta Marguerite Shaw in South Paris, Maine, on 13 September 1912, she died in Encino, California, on 8 January 1982. She trained at the Leland Powers School of the Theater in Boston and began her career on the stage. Her Broadway credits included *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* (1949), *Picnic* (1953) and the original production of *The Pajama Game* (1954). She appeared in the 1955 film adaptation of *Picnic* as Irma Kronkite. Shaw had supporting roles in films including *Pollyanna* (1960), *Mary Poppins* (1964) and *Escape to Witch Mountain* (1975). On television she appeared in series such as *The Ghost & Mrs. Muir*, *The Andy Griffith Show*, *Bewitched* and *I Dream of Jeannie*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, ibdb.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Mary Poppins* (1964), Fi1m 83, as Mrs. Brill — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md) - *Picnic* (1955), Fi1m 63, as Irma Henderson — [page](https://film.one/film/picnic.md) ## Complete filmography (54) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Legends* (2006), series, as Mabel (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Escape to Witch Mountain* (1975), as Mrs. Grindley - *The Girl who Came Gift Wrapped* (1974), as Miss Markin - *Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?* (1973), as Mrs. Guzmando - *Emergency!* (1972), series, as Ozella Peterson - *Murder Once Removed* (1971), as Nurse Regis - *The New Dick Van Dyke Show* (1971), series, as Head Nurse - *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor - *The Odd Couple* (1970), series, as Claire Foster - *Here's Lucy* (1968), series, as Mrs. Ryker, Mrs. Forrester, Miss Witherspoon - *The Ghost & Mrs. Muir* (1968), series, as Martha Grant - *The Monkees* (1966), series, as Mrs. Badderly - *That Girl* (1966), series, Actor - *Love on a Rooftop* (1966), series, as Lillian - *Made in Paris* (1966), as American Bar Singer - *The Ghost and Mr. Chicken* (1966), as Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell - *The Loved One* (1965), as Manager of The Zomba Cafe - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Shoe Store Customer - *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), series, as Annie, Colonel Finch - *Lost in Space* (1965), series, as Aunt Clara Simms - *That Funny Feeling* (1965), as Woman at Phone Booth - *Mary Poppins* (1964), as Mrs. Brill — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md) - *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Miss Witherspoon - *Bewitched* (1964), series, as Bertha - *A Global Affair* (1964), as Nurse Argyle - *The Patty Duke Show* (1963), series, Actor - *Vacation Playhouse* (1963), series, as Aunt Josie · Mrs. Foley - *The Lucy Show* (1962), series, as Dora Dunbar, Woman On Beach · Mrs. Foley - *Bachelor in Paradise* (1961), as Mrs. Brown - *Alcoa Premiere* (1961), series, as Nurse - *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1961), series, Actor - *Sanctuary* (1961), as Miss Reba - *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), series, as Eleanora Poultice, Big Maude Tyler - *My Three Sons* (1960), series, as Fedocia Barnett, Mrs. Bradshaw - *Outlaws* (1960), series, Actor - *Pete and Gladys* (1960), series, Actor - *The Tab Hunter Show* (1960), series, as Thelma - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Celia Hooper Somers - *Pollyanna* (1960), as Tillie Lagerlof - *The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis* (1959), series, as Laurabelle Ellingboe - *Meet Me in St. Louis* (1959), as Katey - *The Ann Sothern Show* (1958), series, as Flora McCauley - *The Lady Takes a Flyer* (1958), as Nurse Kennedy - *Annie Get Your Gun* (1957), as Dolly Tate - *All Mine to Give* (1957), as Mrs. Runyon - *The Real McCoys* (1957), series, Actor - *The Pajama Game* (1957), as Mabel - *Man Afraid* (1957), as Nurse Willis - *Picnic* (1955), as Irma Henderson — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/picnic.md) - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Martha Stone - *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Margaret Dubrock - *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1954), series, as Mrs. Tilly Langerlof, Mrs. Grindley - *December Bride* (1954), series, Actor - *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Photo of Reta Shaw as the housekeeper, Martha Grant from the television program The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/1238519/gallery-40d6309b19a9.jpg) Photo of Reta Shaw as the housekeeper, Martha Grant from the television program The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. (1968) — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Reta_Shaw_%28The_Ghost_And_Mrs._Muir_1968%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Reta Shaw as the housekeeper, Martha Grant from the television program The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.](https://film.one/media/person/1238519/gallery-4b4b6a1978fc.jpg) Photo of Reta Shaw as the housekeeper, Martha Grant from the television program The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Reta_Shaw_The_Ghost_and_Mrs._Muir_1968.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Publicity photo of American actress, Reta Shaw and chimpanzee promoting the CBS television series Me and the Chimp.](https://film.one/media/person/1238519/gallery-de122e8e8a30.jpg) Publicity photo of American actress, Reta Shaw and chimpanzee promoting the CBS television series Me and the Chimp. — CBS Television Network, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Me_and_the_Chimp_Reta_Shaw_Buttons_1972.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Reta Shaw](https://film.one/media/person/1238519/gallery-1871effe9156.jpg) Reta Shaw — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Reta_Shaw_-_in_Mary_Poppins_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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