Reta Shaw

Reta Shaw
Shaw in The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968)
Born(1912-09-13)September 13, 1912
DiedJanuary 8, 1982(1982-01-08) (aged 69)
OccupationActress
Years active1935–1975
SpouseWilliam A. Forester (divorced)
Children1

Reta Shaw (September 13, 1912  January 8, 1982) 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.