About
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...
Known for
Remington SteeleSeries • 1982
CheersSeries • 1982
IronsideSeries • 1967
Knots LandingSeries • 1979
Adam-12Series • 1968
The WaltonsSeries • 1972
Happy DaysSeries • 1974
NewhartSeries • 1982
The Wonder YearsSeries • 1988
Murphy BrownSeries • 1988
The Facts of LifeSeries • 1979
Who's the Boss?Series • 1984
HunterSeries • 1984
BensonSeries • 1979
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
The Young MarriedsSeries • 1964
Dear JohnSeries • 1988
Dennis the MenaceMovie • 1993
George & LeoSeries • 1997
StarmanSeries • 1986
Max HeadroomSeries • 1987
The Odd CoupleMovie • 1968
Sixteen CandlesMovie • 1984
Police Academy 4: Citizens on PatrolMovie • 1987