Selma Archerd, an actress who was well known in Hollywood as the vivacious wife of longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, has died. She was 98.
Selma Archerd died Dec. 14 in Los Angeles, according to a Legacy.com posting on the Los Angeles Times’ website.
Selma Archerd was seen as a hostage in 1988’s “Die Hard” and had a recurring role as Nurse Amy in Fox’s 1990s soap “Melrose Place.” She logged numerous cameos and bit parts from the 1970s through the 1990s on movies and TV shows ranging from “The Brady Bunch” to “Serpico” to “Lethal Weapon” and “Lethal Weapon 3.” Other notable films in which she appeared include: “Fun with Dick and Jane,” “Americathon,” “Can’t Stop the Music,” “Mommie Dearest” and “Scrooged.” TV appearances also include: “Charmed,” “Roseanne,” “The Trials of Rosie O’Neill,” “The Love Boat,” “Cagney & Lacey,” “Knot’s Landing,” “Hotel” and “Marcus Welby, M.D.”
Selma and Army Archerd were regulars on the Hollywood social circuit for decades, attending premieres, award shows and charity dinners throughout the year during their 39-year marriage. Army Archerd wrote the “Just For Variety” column — the ultimate industry’s insiders report that was picked with news and dishy bits separated by ellipses — that ran on Page 2 of Daily Variety for 52 years. Army Archerd, who also had cameos and bit parts in more than 100 TV shows and movies, died in 2009 at age 87.
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Selma Archerd’s survivors include two sons, James Rosenblum and Richard Rosenblum, and a grandson, Ryan Rosenblum.
The family requests that donations be made in Archerd’s memory to the Culver City, Calif.-based Exceptional Children’s Foundation.
