Reta Shaw

'Reta Shaw' (qv) is best known to television audiences as 'Hope Lange' (qv)'s housekeeper in the TV series _The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968)_ (qv). Disney fans will remember her as one of the singing domestics in the Oscar-winning masterpiece _Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv). 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.::A. Nonymous