Billie Bird
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 28, 1908
- Died
- November 27, 2002 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Pocatello, Idaho, USA
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
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Filmography
George & Leo
TV · 1 ep
Jury Duty
Movie · as Rose
Dennis the Menace
Movie · as Edith Butterwell
Home Alone
Movie · as Woman in Airport
The End of Innocence
Movie · as Mrs. Yabledablov
That's Adequate
Movie · as Lillian Darling
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Movie · as Mrs. Stanwyck
Ernest Saves Christmas
Movie · as Mary Morrissey
Murphy Brown
TV · 1 ep
The Wonder Years
TV · as Woman · 2 eps
Dear John
TV · as Margie Philbert · 83 eps
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Movie · as Mrs. Feldman
Max Headroom
TV · 1 ep
The Charmings
TV · 1 ep
The Bronx Zoo
TV · 1 ep
One Crazy Summer
Movie · as Grandma
Help Wanted: Kids
Movie · as Bea
Ratboy
Movie · as Psychic
Starman
TV · 1 ep
Sixteen Candles
Movie · as Dorothy
Who's the Boss?
TV · as Tessie · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Marie Watson · 1 ep
Max Dugan Returns
Movie · as Older Woman
Goodnight, Beantown
TV · 1 ep
Young Doctors in Love
Movie · as The Hospital Staff - Flower Lady
Remington Steele
TV · as Anna Dix · 1 ep
Newhart
TV · as Ella Hayes
It Takes Two
TV · as Mama · 22 eps
Cheers
TV · as Lillian Miller · 1 ep
The Facts of Life
TV · 1 ep
Benson
TV · as Rose Cassidy · 46 eps
Knots Landing
TV · as Sheila · 2 eps
Happy Days
TV · 1 ep
Apple's Way
TV · 1 ep
Stand Up and Be Counted
Movie · as uncredited
The Waltons
TV · as Mrs. Cox, Shirley · 1 ep
Getting Straight
Movie · as Landlady
The Odd Couple
Movie · as Chambermaid (uncredited)
Adam-12
TV · as Winnie Goodrich · 1 ep
Barefoot in the Park
Movie · as Drunken Neighbor (uncredited)
Ironside
TV · 1 ep
This Property Is Condemned
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Movie
The Young Marrieds
TV · as Mrs. Gubbins · 2 eps
The Cat Burglar
Movie · as Mrs. Prattle
Too Soon to Love
Movie · as Mrs. Jefferson
Born to Be Loved
Movie · as Drunk's Wife
Blue Denim
Movie · as Woman (uncredited)
Unwed Mother
Movie · as Gertie
The Joker is Wild
Movie · as Ticket Seller / Cashier (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
TV · as Old Woman · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Mrs. Shubb · 1 ep
Somebody Loves Me
Movie · as Essie
My Wife's Best Friend
Movie · as Katie
Just Across the Street
Movie · as Pearl
The Lemon Drop Kid
Movie · as Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)
Darling, How Could You!
Movie · as Rosie
Rhubarb
Movie · as Mona Lizzie (uncredited)
The Mating Season
Movie · as Mugsy
Journey Into Light
Movie · as Gertie