Billie Bird
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 28, 1908
- Died
- November 27, 2002
- Birthplace
- Pocatello, Idaho, USA
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
Jury Duty 1995
as Rose
Dennis the Menace 1993
as Edith Butterwell
The End of Innocence 1990
as Mrs. Yabledablov
Home Alone 1990
as Woman in Airport
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege 1989
as Mrs. Stanwyck
That's Adequate 1989
as Lillian Darling
Ernest Saves Christmas 1988
as Mary Morrissey
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 1987
as Mrs. Feldman
Ratboy 1986
as Psychic
One Crazy Summer 1986
as Grandma
Help Wanted: Kids 1986
as Bea
Sixteen Candles 1984
as Dorothy
Max Dugan Returns 1983
as Older Woman
Young Doctors in Love 1982
as The Hospital Staff - Flower Lady
Stand Up and Be Counted 1972
as uncredited
Getting Straight 1970
as Landlady
The Odd Couple 1968
as Chambermaid (uncredited)
Barefoot in the Park 1967
as Drunken Neighbor (uncredited)
This Property Is Condemned 1966
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Las Vegas Hillbillys 1966
Actor
The Cat Burglar 1961
as Mrs. Prattle
Too Soon to Love 1960
as Mrs. Jefferson
Blue Denim 1959
as Woman (uncredited)
Born to Be Loved 1959
as Drunk's Wife
Unwed Mother 1958
as Gertie
The Joker is Wild 1957
as Ticket Seller / Cashier (uncredited)
My Wife's Best Friend 1952
as Katie
Somebody Loves Me 1952
as Essie
Just Across the Street 1952
as Pearl
Journey Into Light 1951
as Gertie
Rhubarb 1951
as Mona Lizzie (uncredited)
Darling, How Could You! 1951
as Rosie
The Lemon Drop Kid 1951
as Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)
The Mating Season 1951
as Mugsy
Credits from TMDB.