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