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Sarah Selby
Sarah Selby in The Hardy Boys 1956
Born
Sarah Elizabeth Selby

August 30, 1905
Middletown, OH, U.S.
DiedJanuary 7, 1980 (aged 74)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1941–1979
Spouses
  • Holger Yngvar Harthern (m. 1945 – 1966) (his death)
  • Stanley Robert Wuliger (m. 1943 – 1944) (divorced)
Children2

Sarah Elizabeth Selby (born August 30, 1905 – January 7, 1980) was an American actress.

Career

Selby was a character actress who played minor roles for the most part – usually a town gossip, maiden aunt, or teacher. Beginning her career as a radio actress, she made her screen debut voicing one of the elephants in Disney's Dumbo (1941). She was best known for her recurring role as Ma Smalley, the owner of a boarding house on TV's Gunsmoke (1955).[1] She had recurring roles on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, initially as Gracie's friend Mamie Kelly, and then a recurring role as Lucille Vanderlip the society hostess wife of banker Chester Vanderlip.

She starred in numerous films from 1941 to 1978. In her first role, she voiced[2] the elephant Prissy in the movie Dumbo.[3] Selby was an actress, known for Tower of London (1962), Beyond the Forest (1949) and a recurring role as Aunt Gertrude in The Mickey Mouse Club television series The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956). Among her radio program appearances, she played various roles on 1947 Escape drama anthology series, and was a regular cast member as Grace in the 1948-50 Junior Miss radio sitcom.[4]

Personal life and death

Selby was married to Holger Yngvar Harthern-Jakobsen, and to Stanley Robert Wuliger. She died from cancer at the age of 74, on Monday, January 7, 1980, in Los Angeles California.[5]

Feature-length films

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1957

1962

1964

1967

1973

Bibliography

  • Dunning, John (1998). On the Air : The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York : Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.

References

  1. ^ "Sarah Selby". Metacritic. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "Sarah Selby (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Sarah Selby". Metacritic. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  4. ^ Dunning 1998, pp. 254, 400.
  5. ^ "Sarah Selby: Directors Knew Her Even If Public Didn't". The Los Angeles Times. January 14, 1980. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  6. ^ "The Seventh Victim". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "San Diego, I Love You". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  8. ^ "The Curse of the Cat People". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  9. ^ "The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "Earl Carroll Vanities". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "The Beautiful Cheat". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  12. ^ "Wonder Man". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  13. ^ "The Naughty Nineties". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  14. ^ "One Exciting Week". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  15. ^ "Ideal Girl". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  16. ^ "Little Iodine". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  17. ^ "Swell Guy". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  18. ^ "Stork Bites Man". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  19. ^ "The Fabulous Texan". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  20. ^ "That's My Man". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  21. ^ "A Double Life". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  22. ^ "Trapped by Boston Blackie". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  23. ^ "Train to Alcatraz". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  24. ^ "Beyond the Forest". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  25. ^ "Prison Warden". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  26. ^ "Side Street". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  27. ^ "Perfect Strangers (1950 film)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  28. ^ "Jim Thorpe – All-American". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  29. ^ "The Sniper". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  30. ^ "The Iron Mistress". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  31. ^ "Battle Circus". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  32. ^ "Mister Scoutmaster". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  33. ^ "The System". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  34. ^ "Men of the Fighting Lady". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  35. ^ "Good Morning, Miss Dove". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  36. ^ "Battle Cry". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  37. ^ "The McConnell Story". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  38. ^ "An Affair to Remember". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  39. ^ "Short Cut to Hell". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  40. ^ "Gunfire at Indian Gap". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  41. ^ "Stopover Tokyo". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  42. ^ "No Time to Be Young". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  43. ^ "Moon Pilot". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  44. ^ "Tower of London". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  45. ^ "Maude Taggart". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  46. ^ "Don't Make Waves". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  47. ^ "The World's Greatest Athlete". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
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