List of the best Eda Reiss Merin movies: Hester Street(1975), Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead(1991), Enormous Changes at the Last Minute(1983) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
90 Minutes
Rabbi's Wife
Steven Keats Carol Kane Mel Howard Dorrie Kavanaugh Doris Roberts Stephen Strimpell Lauren Frost Paul Freedman Zvee Scooler Eda Reiss Merin
immigrant wife son boss landlady emotional gritty new york city ellis island lower east side assimilation immigration judaism culture clash marriage discovery pursuit sacrifice 1900s
It's 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, a Russian Jew, emigrated to the United States three years earlier and has settled where many of his background have, namely on Hester Street on the Lower East ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1991
105 Minutes
Mrs. Sturak
Christina Applegate Joanna Cassidy John Getz Josh Charles Keith Coogan Concetta Tomei David Duchovny Kimmy Robertson Jayne Brook Eda Reiss Merin Robert Gorman
babysitter teen girl brother sister co-worker boss hysterical wild spirited cool family home office beach backyard restaurant family responsibility guardianship coming of age summer vacation
Five siblings are left alone all summer when their mom leaves town and the evil babysitter bites the dust.
Drama
1983
110 Minutes
Ellen Barkin Mirra Bank Kevin Bacon Maria Tucci David Strathairn Ron McLarty Sudie Bond Lynn Milgrim Jeffrey DeMunn Zvees Schooler
New Yorkers Virginia (Ellen Barkin), Faith and Alexandra (Maria Tucci) have men problems in three vignettes based on Grace Paley short stories.