Billie Bird
Biography
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)
Known For
All Movies (34)
- Jury Duty1995 · as Rose
- Dennis the Menace1993 · as Edith Butterwell
- The End of Innocence1990 · as Mrs. Yabledablov
- Home Alone1990 · as Woman in Airport
- Police Academy 6: City Under Siege1989 · as Mrs. Stanwyck
- That's Adequate1989 · as Lillian Darling
- Ernest Saves Christmas1988 · as Mary Morrissey
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol1987 · as Mrs. Feldman
- Ratboy1986 · as Psychic
- One Crazy Summer1986 · as Grandma
- Help Wanted: Kids1986 · as Bea
- Sixteen Candles1984 · as Dorothy Baker
- Max Dugan Returns1983 · as Older Woman
- Young Doctors in Love1982 · as The Hospital Staff - Flower Lady
- Stand Up and Be Counted1972 · as uncredited
- Getting Straight1970 · as Landlady
- The Odd Couple1968 · as Chambermaid (uncredited)
- Barefoot in the Park1967 · as Drunken Neighbor (uncredited)
- This Property Is Condemned1966 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Las Vegas Hillbillys1966
- The Cat Burglar1961 · as Mrs. Prattle
- Too Soon to Love1960 · as Mrs. Jefferson
- Blue Denim1959 · as Woman (uncredited)
- Born to Be Loved1959 · as Drunk's Wife
- Unwed Mother1958 · as Gertie
- The Joker is Wild1957 · as Ticket Seller / Cashier (uncredited)
- My Wife's Best Friend1952 · as Katie
- Somebody Loves Me1952 · as Essie
- Just Across the Street1952 · as Pearl
- Journey Into Light1951 · as Gertie
- Rhubarb1951 · as Mona Lizzie (uncredited)
- Darling, How Could You!1951 · as Rosie
- The Lemon Drop Kid1951 · as Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)
- The Mating Season1951 · as Mugsy
All TV Shows (27)
- George & Leo1997
- Murphy Brown1988
- Dear John1988 · as Margie Philbert
- The Wonder Years1988 · as Woman
- Max Headroom1987
- The Charmings1987
- The Bronx Zoo1987
- Starman1986
- Who's the Boss?1984 · as Tessie
- Hunter1984 · as Marie Watson
- Goodnight, Beantown1983
- It Takes Two1982
- Newhart1982
- Remington Steele1982 · as Anna Dix
- Cheers1982 · as Lillian Miller
- Knots Landing1979 · as Sheila
- Benson1979 · as Rose Cassidy
- The Facts of Life1979
- Apple's Way1974
- Happy Days1974
- The Waltons1972 · as Mrs. Cox
- The Waltons1972 · as Shirley
- Adam-121968 · as Winnie Goodrich
- Ironside1967
- The Young Marrieds1964 · as Mrs. Gubbins
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Old Woman
- Letter to Loretta1953 · as Mrs. Shubb