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Billie Bird

Billie Bird

Acting

February 28, 1908 – November 27, 2002 (died at 94)
Pocatello, Idaho
Female
34 Movies
27 TV Shows

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)

Sixteen Candles
Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

1984 6.8

as Dorothy Baker

Age 76 (now 94)
The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple

1968 7.4

as Chambermaid (uncredited)

Age 60 (now 94)
Ernest Saves Christmas
Ernest Saves Christmas

Ernest Saves Christmas

1988 5.4

as Mary Morrissey

Age 80 (now 94)
Benson
Benson

Benson

1979 7.1

as Rose Cassidy

Age 71 (now 94)
46 eps
Barefoot in the Park
Barefoot in the Park

Barefoot in the Park

1967 7.1

as Drunken Neighbor (uncredited)

Age 59 (now 94)
One Crazy Summer
One Crazy Summer

One Crazy Summer

1986 6.0

as Grandma

Age 78 (now 94)
Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace

1993 5.9

as Edith Butterwell

Age 85 (now 94)
Dear John
Dear John

Dear John

1988 5.7

as Margie Philbert

Age 80 (now 94)
83 eps
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

1987 5.5

as Mrs. Feldman

Age 79 (now 94)
Home Alone
Home Alone

Home Alone

1990 7.5

as Woman in Airport

Age 82 (now 94)
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

1989 5.1

as Mrs. Stanwyck

Age 81 (now 94)
Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan Returns

Max Dugan Returns

1983 6.6

as Older Woman

Age 75 (now 94)
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years

1988 8.3

as Woman

Age 79 (now 94)
2 eps
The Joker is Wild
The Joker is Wild

The Joker is Wild

1957 8.1

as Ticket Seller / Cashier (uncredited)

Age 49 (now 94)
This Property Is Condemned
This Property Is Condemned

This Property Is Condemned

1966 6.5

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Age 58 (now 94)
Jury Duty
Jury Duty

Jury Duty

1995 4.4

as Rose

Age 87 (now 94)