Reta Shaw (b. September 13 1912, South Paris, Maine - d. January 8 1982, Encino, California) was a familiar American character actress best remembered as the housekeeper in the The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.
She was a supporting actress in many films and television programmes, including Mary Poppins.
Reta Shaw is best known to television audiences as Hope Lange's housekeeper in the TV series "Ghost & Mrs. Muir, The" (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.
