- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 28, 1908
- Place of Birth
- Pocatello, Idaho
- Died
- November 27, 2002
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: Citiz…
Filmography
tvGeorge & Leo
1997
movieJury Duty
1995 · Rose
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
tvMurphy Brown
1988
movieErnest Saves Christmas
1988 · Mary Morrissey
tvDear John
1988 · Margie Philbert
tvThe Wonder Years
1988 · Woman
moviePolice Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987 · Mrs. Feldman
tvMax Headroom
1987
tvThe Charmings
1987
tvThe Bronx Zoo
1987
movieRatboy
1986 · Psychic
tvStarman
1986
movieOne Crazy Summer
1986 · Grandma
movieHelp Wanted: Kids
1986 · Bea
tvWho's the Boss?
1984 · Tessie
tvHunter
1984 · Marie Watson
movieSixteen Candles
1984 · Dorothy Baker
tvGoodnight, Beantown
1983
movieMax Dugan Returns
1983 · Older Woman
tvIt Takes Two
1982 · Mama
tvNewhart
1982
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 Facts of Life
1979
Apple's Way
tvApple's Way
1974
tvHappy Days
1974
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)
tvIronside
1967
movieThis Property Is Condemned
1966 · Party Guest (uncredited)
movieLas Vegas Hillbillys
1966
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
movieMy Wife's Best Friend
1952 · Katie
movieSomebody Loves Me
1952 · Essie
movieJust Across the Street
1952 · Pearl
movieJourney Into Light
1951 · Gertie
movieRhubarb
1951 · Mona Lizzie (uncredited)
movieDarling, How Could You!
1951 · Rosie
movieThe Lemon Drop Kid
1951 · Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)
movieThe Mating Season
1951 · Mugsy