Billie Bird
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)
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Movies (34)
Jury Duty
1995 · Rose
Daniel el Travieso
1993 · Edith Butterwell
The End of Innocence
1990 · Mrs. Yabledablov
Mi pobre angelito
1990 · Woman in Airport
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
1989 · Mrs. Stanwyck
That's Adequate
1989 · Lillian Darling
Ernest Saves Christmas
1988 · Mary Morrissey
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987 · Mrs. Feldman
Ratboy
1986 · Psychic
One Crazy Summer
1986 · Grandma
Help Wanted: Kids
1986 · Bea
Sixteen Candles
1984 · Dorothy
Max Dugan Returns
1983 · Older Woman
Young Doctors in Love
1982 · The Hospital Staff - Flower Lady
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972 · uncredited
Getting Straight
1970 · Landlady
The Odd Couple
1968 · Chambermaid (uncredited)
Barefoot in the Park
1967 · Drunken Neighbor (uncredited)
This Property Is Condemned
1966 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
The Cat Burglar
1961 · Mrs. Prattle
Too Soon to Love
1960 · Mrs. Jefferson
Blue Denim
1959 · Woman (uncredited)
Born to Be Loved
1959 · Drunk's Wife
Unwed Mother
1958 · Gertie
The Joker is Wild
1957 · Ticket Seller / Cashier (uncredited)
My Wife's Best Friend
1952 · Katie
Somebody Loves Me
1952 · Essie
Just Across the Street
1952 · Pearl
Journey Into Light
1951 · Gertie
Rhubarb
1951 · Mona Lizzie (uncredited)
Darling, How Could You!
1951 · Rosie
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951 · Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)
The Mating Season
1951 · Mugsy
TV shows (26)
George & Leo
1997
Murphy Brown
1988
Dear John
1988 · Margie Philbert
The Wonder Years
1988 · Woman
Max Headroom
1987
The Charmings
1987
The Bronx Zoo
1987
Starman
1986
Who's the Boss?
1984 · Tessie
Hunter
1984 · Marie Watson
Goodnight, Beantown
1983
It Takes Two
1982 · Mama
Newhart
1982 · Ella Hayes
Remington Steele
1982 · Anna Dix
Cheers
1982 · Lillian Miller
Knots Landing
1979 · Sheila
Benson
1979 · Rose Cassidy
The Facts of Life
1979
Apple's Way
1974
Happy Days
1974
The Waltons
1972 · Mrs. Cox, Shirley
Adam-12
1968 · Winnie Goodrich
Ironside
1967
The Young Marrieds
1964 · Mrs. Gubbins
Gunsmoke
1955 · Old Woman
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Mrs. Shubb