Billie Bird
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
Woman in Airport
Home Alone
Drunken Neighbor (uncredited)
Barefoot in the Park
Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)
The Lemon Drop Kid
Mary Morrissey
Ernest Saves Christmas
Dorothy Baker
Sixteen Candles
Grandma
One Crazy Summer
Gertie
Unwed Mother
Party Guest (uncredited)
This Property Is Condemned
Essie
Somebody Loves Me
Katie
My Wife's Best Friend
Mrs. Jefferson
Too Soon to Love
Drunk's Wife
Born to Be Loved
Pearl
Just Across the Street
Mrs. Feldman
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Mrs. Yabledablov
The End of Innocence
The Hospital Staff - Flower Lady
Young Doctors in Love
uncredited
Stand Up and Be Counted
Ticket Seller / Cashier (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
Rosie
Darling, How Could You!
Lillian Darling
That's Adequate
Rose
Jury Duty
Woman (uncredited)
Blue Denim
Bea
Help Wanted: Kids
Mrs. Prattle
The Cat Burglar
Psychic
Ratboy
Mrs. Stanwyck
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Chambermaid (uncredited)
The Odd Couple
Edith Butterwell
Dennis the Menace
Mona Lizzie (uncredited)
Rhubarb
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Mugsy
The Mating Season
Landlady
Getting Straight
Older Woman
Max Dugan Returns
Gertie
Journey Into Light
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
34
Gender
Female
Birthday
1908-02-28
Place of Birth
Pocatello, Idaho
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