Billie Bird

Born: 1908-02-28

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)


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Dennis the Menace

as Edith Butterwell
Released: 1993-06-24

Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But...

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Sixteen Candles

as Dorothy Baker
Released: 1984-05-04

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha...

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Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

as Mrs. Stanwyck
Released: 1989-03-09

Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers....

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as Mrs. Feldman
Released: 1987-04-02

A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who...

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Home Alone

as Woman in Airport
Released: 1990-11-16

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly...

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Ernest Saves Christmas

as Mary Morrissey
Released: 1988-11-11

When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new...

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The Odd Couple

as Chambermaid (uncredited)
Released: 1968-05-16

In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his...

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Barefoot in the Park

as Drunken Neighbor (uncredited)
Released: 1967-05-25

In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an...

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One Crazy Summer

as Grandma
Released: 1986-08-08

An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her...

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This Property Is Condemned

as Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1966-08-03

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway -...

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Jury Duty

as Rose
Released: 1995-04-12

When jobless Tommy Collins discovers that sequestered jurors earn free room and board as well as...

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Young Doctors in Love

as The Hospital Staff - Flower Lady
Released: 1982-07-16

An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the...

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Max Dugan Returns

as Older Woman
Released: 1983-03-25

An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who...

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Ratboy

as Psychic
Released: 1986-10-17

A failed window dresser exploits a being with rat-like features in an effort to make money.

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Getting Straight

as Landlady
Released: 1970-05-13

Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on...

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The Joker is Wild

as Ticket Seller / Cashier (uncredited)
Released: 1957-09-26

A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a...

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The Mating Season

as Mugsy
Released: 1951-01-12

Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to...

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That's Adequate

as Lillian Darling
Released: 1989-01-20

This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast....

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The Lemon Drop Kid

as Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)
Released: 1951-04-02

When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the...

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Rhubarb

as Mona Lizzie (uncredited)
Released: 1951-08-29

Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb....

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Blue Denim

as Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1959-07-30

Two naive high-school students must deal with the unexpected consequences after a night of passion.

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The Cat Burglar

as Mrs. Prattle
Released: 1961-07-01

Unwitting pickup artist Jack Coley (Jack Hogan) nabs a briefcase holding a costly scientific...

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The End of Innocence

as Mrs. Yabledablov
Released: 1990-12-06

Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except...

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Unwed Mother

as Gertie
Released: 1958-11-23

A young, sweet girl from the country moves to Los Angeles with her mother and meets a young man...

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Stand Up and Be Counted

as uncredited
Released: 1972-05-01

Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about...

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Help Wanted: Kids

as Bea
Released: 1986-02-02

When the Burkes loose their jobs in New York, they have to move to Arizona, where Tom has an...

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Just Across the Street

as Pearl
Released: 1952-06-15

A plumber's secretary poses as the daughter of a prominent society couple.

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Journey Into Light

as Gertie
Released: 1951-09-28

John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a...

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Too Soon to Love

as Mrs. Jefferson
Released: 1960-02-01

Unmarried teenage lovers turn to desperate measures after their clandestine tryst results in an...

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Somebody Loves Me

as Essie
Released: 1952-09-24

Backstage musical biography of nightclub star Blossom Seeley that charts her rocky relationship...

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Las Vegas Hillbillys

as uncredited
Released: 1966-05-11

A Hillbilly hits the big time in Las Vegas.

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My Wife's Best Friend

as Katie
Released: 1952-10-09

When a man confesses to his wife that he has been unfaithful, she imagines all the different...

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Born to Be Loved

as Drunk's Wife
Released: 1959-06-01

Director Hugo Haas reprises the theme of romantic love in this routine yet innocent story of...

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Darling, How Could You!

as Rosie
Released: 1951-08-08

Two absentee American parents get to know their three children again after spending five years...

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The Wonder Years

as Woman
First aired: 1988-01-31

The story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during...

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Cheers

as Lillian Miller
First aired: 1982-09-30

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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The Waltons

as Mrs. Cox
First aired: 1972-09-14

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World...

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The Waltons

as Shirley
First aired: 1972-09-14

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World...

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Adam-12

as Winnie Goodrich
First aired: 1968-09-21

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...

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Knots Landing

as Sheila
First aired: 1979-12-27

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a...

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Happy Days

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-01-15

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

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Newhart

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-02

Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in...

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Remington Steele

as Anna Dix
First aired: 1982-10-01

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...

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Who's the Boss?

as Tessie
First aired: 1984-09-20

A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York...

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Murphy Brown

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-11-14

Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional...

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Hunter

as Marie Watson
First aired: 1984-09-18

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...

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The Facts of Life

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-08-24

The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from...

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Dear John

as Margie Philbert
First aired: 1988-10-06

Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is...

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Gunsmoke

as Old Woman
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Benson

as Rose Cassidy
First aired: 1979-09-13

A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.

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George & Leo

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-09-15

George & Leo is a short-lived American sitcom starring Bob Newhart and Judd Hirsch. Set on...

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The Bronx Zoo

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-03-19

The Bronx Zoo is a 1987 NBC drama series directed by Allan Arkush and Paul Lynch. It lasted two...

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Max Headroom

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-03-31

Max Headroom is a British-produced American satirical science fiction television series by...

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Starman

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-09-19

Starman is an American science fiction television series, starring Robert Hays and Christopher...

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The Charmings

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-03-20

The Charmings is an American fantasy sitcom that aired from March 1987 to February 1988 on ABC....

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It Takes Two

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-14

It Takes Two is an American sitcom, created by Susan Harris, that aired on ABC from October 14,...

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Letter to Loretta

as Mrs. Shubb
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Goodnight, Beantown

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-04-03

Matt Cassidy and Jennifer Barnes are reluctantly paired to anchor the news at a fictional TV...

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