Reta Shaw (13 September 1912 ? 8 January 1982) was an American actress . She was known for playing condescending or domineering women , mostly on television . She acted in The Dick Van Dyke Show as an unemployment office worker. She played Mrs. Brill in the movie Mary Poppins .

Shaw was born in Maine . She died from pneumonia at age sixty-nine.

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