Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the original Mrs. Gloop in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971). Born Ursula Schedereit, she was raised in a prominent theatrical family, the older sister of actor Karl Schedereit. After working on the stage as a leading lady touring in stock companies for 28 years, she was introduced to actress Elfie Pertramer during a dinner party at the home of Marlene Dietrich. Impressed by her dark good looks, voluptuous figure, and charm, she arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing opposite her in the made for television feature "Three Pearls for the First" (1962). From there, she would go on to become a recognizable character actress appearing in 50 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, old maids, eccentrics, landladies, neighbors, madams, educators, nurses, educators, while-collared workers, retail clerks, snobs, and patriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "Poodle Neck in Upper Bavaria" (1969), "Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best" (1971), "Help, The Relatives Come" (1971), "In Trouble" (1971), "The Bumsfidele Cottage" (1971), "Main Things Holiday" (1972), "Naughty Nymphs" (1972), "The Countess Died of Laughter" (1973), "Three Men in the Snow" (1973), "She Devils of the SS" (1973), "The Devil's Female" (1974), "Varsity's Playthings" (1975), "Rosemary's Daughter" (1976), "Raindrop" (1981), and "Attention, Papa Arrives" (1991). On television, she became an even more familiar face appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Fifth Column," "Strange Stories," "Nonstop Nonsense," "The Normal Madness," "Master Eder and His Pumuckl," "The Adventures of Dr. Bayer," "Metropolitan Area," "Just in Case Stephanie," and "Three Ladies from the Grill". During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, had been supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, held dual citizenship with Germany and the United States, was an active parishioner of the Catholic church, had been a political conservative, presided as a chairwoman for the German Red Cross and the German Heart Association, had been a theatrical instructor for the Cours Florent, and she was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild. Upon her retirement in 1995, Reit, who never married nor mothered any children, spent the final years of her life dividing time between her homes in Berlin, Germany, and Hidden Hills, California, was a generous benefactor for several libraries and hospitals, and was focused on several religious and charitable causes, until her death from the complications of natural causes.