Billie Bird
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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
Credits
Dennis the Menace (1993)
as Edith Butterwell
Sixteen Candles (1984)
as Dorothy Baker
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
as Mrs. Feldman
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
as Mrs. Stanwyck
The Odd Couple (1968)
as Chambermaid (uncredited)
One Crazy Summer (1986)
as Grandma
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
as Drunken Neighbor (uncredited)
Young Doctors in Love (1982)
as The Hospital Staff - Flower Lady
Jury Duty (1995)
as Rose
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild (1957)
as Ticket Seller / Cashier (uncredited)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
as Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
as Mary Morrissey
Max Dugan Returns (1983)
as Older Woman
Too Soon to Love (1960)
as Mrs. Jefferson
Darling, How Could You! (1951)
as Rosie
Las Vegas Hillbillys (1966)
Actor
My Wife's Best Friend (1952)
as Katie
The End of Innocence (1990)
as Mrs. Yabledablov
Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
as uncredited
Getting Straight (1970)
as Landlady
Home Alone (1990)
as Woman in Airport
Just Across the Street (1952)
as Pearl
Ratboy (1986)
as Psychic
The Mating Season (1951)
as Mugsy
Blue Denim (1959)
as Woman (uncredited)
That's Adequate (1989)
as Lillian Darling
Rhubarb (1951)
as Mona Lizzie (uncredited)
Unwed Mother (1958)
as Gertie
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
as Essie
Born to Be Loved (1959)
as Drunk's Wife
Help Wanted: Kids (1986)
as Bea
Journey Into Light (1951)
as Gertie
The Cat Burglar (1961)
as Mrs. Prattle