Vaudeville comedienne Billie Bird Sellen was discovered at an orphanage at the age of eight years and hired to tour theater circuits with a vaudeville troupe. During the Vietnam War she accompanied 12 USO tours entertaining the troops in the war zone in the 1960s and 1970s. She had worked as recently as 1995 when she appeared in Jury Duty (1995), starring Pauly Shore. Other notable performances were in Dennis the Menace (1993) and Home Alone (1990). One of her best-known film appearances was in the 1968 movie The Odd Couple (1968). Her last appearance was a cameo in 1997 in the short-lived television comedy George & Leo (1997) with Judd Hirsch and Bob Newhart. She had also been a regular from 1988-1992 in the sitcom Dear John (1988), and in a series of performances as a cheerful and sassy senior citizen in such productions as Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) and Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987). Date of Death: 27 November 2002, Granada Hills (Alzheimer's disease)
Movie | Jury Duty | Rose | 1995-04-12 |
Movie | Dennis the Menace | Edith Butterwell | 1993-06-24 |
Movie | Home Alone | Woman in Airport | 1990-11-16 |
Movie | The End of Innocence | Mrs. Yabledablov | 1990-12-06 |
Movie | That's Adequate | Lillian Darling | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | Mrs. Stanwyck | 1989-03-09 |
Series | The Wonder Years | Unknown | 1988-01-31 |
Series | Dear John | Unknown | 1988-10-06 |
Movie | Ernest Saves Christmas | Mary Morrissey | 1988-11-11 |
Series | Murphy Brown | Unknown | 1988-11-14 |
Series | Max Headroom | Unknown | 1987-03-31 |
Series | The Charmings | Unknown | 1987-03-20 |
Movie | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | Mrs. Feldman | 1987-04-02 |
Movie | Help Wanted: Kids | Bea | 1986-02-02 |
Movie | One Crazy Summer | Grandma | 1986-08-08 |
Series | Starman | Unknown | 1986-09-19 |
Movie | Ratboy | Psychic | 1986-10-17 |
Movie | Sixteen Candles | Dorothy Baker | 1984-05-04 |
Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
Movie | Max Dugan Returns | Older Woman | 1983-03-25 |
Movie | Young Doctors in Love | The Hospital Staff - Flower Lady | 1982-07-16 |
Series | Remington Steele | Unknown | 1982-10-01 |
Series | Newhart | Unknown | 1982-10-02 |
Series | It Takes Two | 1982-10-14 | |
Series | Benson | 1979-09-13 | |
Series | Knots Landing | Unknown | 1979-12-27 |
Series | Apple's Way | Unknown | 1974-02-10 |
Series | Happy Days | Unknown | 1974-01-15 |
Movie | Stand Up and Be Counted | uncredited | 1972-05-01 |
Series | The Waltons | Unknown | 1972-09-14 |
Movie | Getting Straight | Landlady | 1970-05-13 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Movie | Barefoot in the Park | Drunken Neighbor (uncredited) | 1967-05-25 |
Movie | Las Vegas Hillbillys | 1966-05-11 | |
Movie | This Property Is Condemned | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1966-08-03 |
Movie | The Cat Burglar | Mrs. Prattle | 1961-07-01 |
Movie | Too Soon to Love | Mrs. Jefferson | 1960-02-01 |
Movie | Born to Be Loved | Drunk's Wife | 1959-06-01 |
Movie | Blue Denim | Woman (uncredited) | 1959-07-30 |
Movie | Unwed Mother | Gertie | 1958-11-23 |
Movie | The Joker is Wild | Ticket Seller / Cashier (uncredited) | 1957-09-26 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | Somebody Loves Me | Essie | 1952-09-24 |
Movie | Just Across the Street | Pearl | 1952-06-15 |
Movie | My Wife's Best Friend | Katie | 1952-10-09 |
Movie | The Mating Season | Mugsy | 1951-01-12 |
Movie | The Lemon Drop Kid | Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited) | 1951-04-02 |
Movie | Rhubarb | Mona Lizzie (uncredited) | 1951-08-29 |
Movie | Journey Into Light | Gertie | 1951-09-28 |
Movie | Darling, How Could You! | Rosie | 1951-08-08 |
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