Selma Diamond
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All of Me, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, My Favorite Year |
| Birthday: |
5 August 1920,
Montréal, Québec, Canada |
Trivia

Nominated for an Emmy in 1985 as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for
Night Court

Nominated for an Emmy in 1956 as a writer on
Caesar's Hour

Early careers included freelance writer, selling to the New Yorker.

Selma had a deadpan demeanor and distinctively nasal crackle in her voice that was made for comedy. She was just becoming a household name thanks to her role as the impassive, chain-smoking bailiff on the sitcom
Night Court when she died of lung cancer after only one season. In a sad ironic twist, her replacement, actress
Florence Halop, would die of lung cancer the following year, after only one season.

On
Night Court, the episode titled "Hello, Goodbye" (the first episode made after her death) was dedicated in her memory. At the end of the episode, a still photo of her is shown with a sound bite of Bull asking "So what didja think?" and Selma responding with, "I laughed I cried, it became a part of me".

Was the inspiration for the character Sally Rogers, played by
Rose Marie, on
The Dick Van Dyke Show
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