Sarah Selby


Sarah Elizabeth Selby 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. She was best known for her recurring role as Ma Smalley, the owner of a boarding house on TV's Gunsmoke. 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. In 1964, she appeared with Jackie Cooper in an episode of the Twilight Zone. She also had a recurring role on Father Knows Best as Jim Anderson's secretary.
She starred in numerous films from 1941 to 1978. In her first role, she voiced the elephant Prissy in the movie Dumbo. Selby was an actress, known for Tower of London , Beyond the Forest and a recurring role as Aunt Gertrude in The Mickey Mouse Club television series The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure. 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.

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.

Feature-length films

1943
1944
1945
  • The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry - Alice
  • Earl Carroll Vanities - Mrs. Thayer
  • The Beautiful Cheat - Athena
  • Wonder Man - Woman in library
  • The Naughty Nineties - Mrs. Hawkins
1946
  • One Exciting Week - Committee Woman
  • Ideal Girl - Esmeralda
  • Little Iodine - Mrs. Bigdome
1947
  • Swell Guy - Lorraine
  • Stork Bites Man - Mrs. Greene
  • The Fabulous Texan - Unknown
  • That's My Man - Unknown
1948
  • A Double Life - Anna
  • Trapped by Boston Blackie - Mrs. Carter
  • Train to Alcatraz - Widow's friend
1949
  • Beyond the Forest - Mildred Sorren
  • Prison Warden - Vivian Markham
  • Side Street - Nurse Williams
1950
  • Perfect Strangers - Mrs. Wilson
1951
1952
  • The Sniper -
  • The Iron Mistress - Mrs. Bowie
1953
  • Battle Circus - Capt. Dobbs
  • Mister Scoutmaster - Mrs. Weber
  • The System - Liz Allen
1954
1955
  • Good Morning, Miss Dove - Teacher
  • Battle Cry - Mrs. Forrester
  • The McConnell Story - Mom Brown
1957
  • An Affair to Remember - Miss Lane
  • Short Cut to Hell - Adam's secretary
  • Gunfire at Indian Gap - Bessie Moran
  • Stopover Tokyo - Wife of High Commissioner
  • No Time to Be Young - Helen Root
1962
  • Moon Pilot - Mrs. Celia Talbot
  • Tower of London - The Queen
1964
1967
  • Don't Make Waves - Ethyl
1973