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Selma had a deadpan demeanor and distinctively nasal crackle in her voice which was truly 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 (1984) when she died due to lung cancer after two seasons.
May 14, 1985 · Selma Diamond, a comedy writer and television and film actress currently seen as the chain-smoking, sarcastic bailiff on the television series “Night Court,” died Monday of lung...
May 14, 1985 · Selma Diamond, the comedy writer whose nasal voice and crack timing made her a successful actress as well, died of lung cancer yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according...
May 13, 1985 · Selma Diamond, a chain-smoking actress who played a court matron in NBC's "Night Court" and was one of the few women comedy writers during television's "Golden Age," died...
Sep 5, 1985 · Diamond was hard to miss, in a writer’s room, on a talk show, or in situation comedy. With a voice she described as “sounding like Brillo” and a rapier-like wit, Diamond drove her voice into the public arena, writing for others and creating stand-up routines for herself.
Selma Diamond. Highest Rated: 97% My Favorite Year (1982) Lowest Rated: 60% Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) Birthday: Aug 5, 1920. Birthplace: Montréal, Québec, Canada. Scribe and funny-woman...
Selma Diamond is known as an Actor and Writer. Some of her work includes Twilight Zone: The Movie, All of Me, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Night Court, My Favorite Year, Bang the Drum Slowly, Lovesick, and The Jetsons.
