Acting
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)
Filmography
George & Leo
Series · 1997
Jury Duty
Film · 1995
Dennis the Menace
Film · 1993
Home Alone
Film · 1990
The End of Innocence
Film · 1990
That's Adequate
Film · 1989
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Film · 1989
Ernest Saves Christmas
Film · 1988
Murphy Brown
Series · 1988
The Wonder Years
Series · 1988
Dear John
Series · 1988
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Film · 1987
Max Headroom
Series · 1987
The Charmings
Series · 1987
The Bronx Zoo
Series · 1987
One Crazy Summer
Film · 1986
Help Wanted: Kids
Film · 1986
Ratboy
Film · 1986
Starman
Series · 1986
Sixteen Candles
Film · 1984
Who's the Boss?
Series · 1984
Hunter
Series · 1984
Max Dugan Returns
Film · 1983
Goodnight, Beantown
Series · 1983
Young Doctors in Love
Film · 1982
Remington Steele
Series · 1982
Newhart
Series · 1982
It Takes Two
Series · 1982
Cheers
Series · 1982
Newhart
Series · 1982
The Facts of Life
Series · 1979
Benson
Series · 1979
Knots Landing
Series · 1979
Happy Days
Series · 1974
Apple's Way
Series · 1974
Stand Up and Be Counted
Film · 1972
The Waltons
Series · 1972
The Waltons
Series · 1972
Getting Straight
Film · 1970
The Odd Couple
Film · 1968
Adam-12
Series · 1968
Barefoot in the Park
Film · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
This Property Is Condemned
Film · 1966
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Film · 1966
The Young Marrieds
Series · 1964
The Cat Burglar
Film · 1961
Too Soon to Love
Film · 1960
Born to Be Loved
Film · 1959
Blue Denim
Film · 1959
Unwed Mother
Film · 1958
The Joker is Wild
Film · 1957
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Somebody Loves Me
Film · 1952
My Wife's Best Friend
Film · 1952
Just Across the Street
Film · 1952
The Lemon Drop Kid
Film · 1951
Darling, How Could You!
Film · 1951
Rhubarb
Film · 1951
The Mating Season
Film · 1951
Journey Into Light
Film · 1951