Reta Shaw(1912-1982)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Reta Shaw is best known to television audiences as Hope Lange's
housekeeper in the TV series Madame et son fantôme (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.
