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