Billie Bird

Billie Bird

  • Birthday: 1908-02-28
  • Deathday: 2002-11-27
  • Place of birth: Pocatello, Idaho

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)

Filmography

Somebody Loves Me

1952

As Essie

The End of Innocence

1990

As Mrs. Yabledablov

Ernest Saves Christmas

1988

As Mary Morrissey

Born to Be Loved

1959

As Drunk's Wife

One Crazy Summer

1986

As Grandma

Too Soon to Love

1960

As Mrs. Jefferson

Help Wanted: Kids

1986

As Bea

The Cat Burglar

1961

As Mrs. Prattle

The Odd Couple

1968

As Chambermaid (uncredited)

My Wife's Best Friend

1952

As Katie

Max Dugan Returns

1983

As Older Woman

Sixteen Candles

1984

As Dorothy Baker

Barefoot in the Park

1967

As Drunken Neighbor (uncredited)

The Mating Season

1951

As Mugsy

Unwed Mother

1958

As Gertie

Blue Denim

1959

As Woman (uncredited)

Dennis the Menace

1993

As Edith Butterwell

Journey Into Light

1951

As Gertie

Rhubarb

1951

As Mona Lizzie (uncredited)

Ratboy

1986

As Psychic

Getting Straight

1970

As Landlady

This Property Is Condemned

1966

As Party Guest (uncredited)

Jury Duty

1995

As Rose

The Joker Is Wild

1957

As Ticket Seller / Cashier (uncredited)

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951

As Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)

Home Alone

1990

As Woman in Airport

Stand Up and Be Counted

1972

As uncredited

Young Doctors in Love

1982

As The Hospital Staff - Flower Lady

That's Adequate

1989

As Lillian Darling

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