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