Billie Bird
Acting
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
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movieDennis the Menace
1993
Edith Butterwell
movieThe End of Innocence
1990
Mrs. Yabledablov
movieHome Alone
1990
Woman in Airport
moviePolice Academy 6: City Under Siege
1989
Mrs. Stanwyck
movieThat's Adequate
1989
Lillian Darling
movieErnest Saves Christmas
1988
Mary Morrissey
tvDear John
1988
Margie Philbert
moviePolice Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987
Mrs. Feldman
movieRatboy
1986
Psychic
movieOne Crazy Summer
1986
Grandma
tvWho's the Boss?
1984
Tessie
tvHunter
1984
Marie Watson
movieSixteen Candles
1984
Dorothy Baker
movieMax Dugan Returns
1983
Older Woman
tvRemington Steele
1982
Anna Dix
tvCheers
1982
Lillian Miller
movieYoung Doctors in Love
1982
The Hospital Staff - Flower Lady
tvKnots Landing
1979
Sheila
tvBenson
1979
Rose Cassidy
tvThe Waltons
1972
Mrs. Cox / Shirley
movieStand Up and Be Counted
1972
uncredited
movieGetting Straight
1970
Landlady
tvAdam-12
1968
Winnie Goodrich
movieThe Odd Couple
1968
Chambermaid (uncredited)
movieBarefoot in the Park
1967
Drunken Neighbor (uncredited)
movieThis Property Is Condemned
1966
Party Guest (uncredited)
tvThe Young Marrieds
1964
Mrs. Gubbins
movieThe Cat Burglar
1961
Mrs. Prattle
movieToo Soon to Love
1960
Mrs. Jefferson
movieBlue Denim
1959
Woman (uncredited)
movieBorn to Be Loved
1959
Drunk's Wife
movieUnwed Mother
1958
Gertie
movieThe Joker is Wild
1957
Ticket Seller / Cashier (uncredited)
tvGunsmoke
1955
Old Woman
tvLetter to Loretta
1953
Mrs. Shubb
movieRhubarb
1951
Mona Lizzie (uncredited)
movieThe Lemon Drop Kid
1951
Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)
