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Selma Diamond (August 5, 1920 – May 13, 1985) was a Canadian-born American comedian, actress, and radio and television writer, known for her high-range, raspy voice and her portrayal of Selma Hacker on the first two seasons of the NBC television comedy series Night Court.
In 1985, Halop succeeded Selma Diamond as a bailiff on Night Court after Diamond's death from lung cancer. Halop, who was also a heavy smoker, similarly developed lung cancer and died during the series run. [1] She was replaced by Marsha Warfield, who played Roz Russell until the series ended in 1992. [6]
Working with him are court clerk Lana Wagner (Karen Austin), prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette), public defender Sheila Gardner (Gail Strickland), and bailiffs Bull Shannon (Richard Moll) and Selma Hacker (Selma Diamond). In his first case, he has to settle a dispute involving a woman threatening her husband with gunfire while at the ...
Selma Diamond starred as Bailiff Selma Hacker on Night Court for the first two seasons. On and offscreen, she was a petite chainsmoker, and tragically, it would bring her time on the series and on ...
Selma Diamond as Mildred Rafkin; Jordan Suffin as Officer Brad Turner; Elyse Knight (daughter of Ted Knight) as Samantha Bishop ("The Runaway," 1984) Graham Jarvis as Arthur Wainwright (1985) Ernie Wise as Ernie Dockery (1985) Jim Davis (creator of the comic strip Garfield) as himself (1986) Walter Lantz (creator of Woody Woodpecker) as himself
Sally Rogers – Sally is another of the comedy writers, and the designated typist, who is always on the lookout for a husband. The character was loosely based on Selma Diamond and Lucille Kallen, both writers for Your Show of Shows. She never drinks and quotes frequently from her "Aunt Agnes in Cleveland".
Jeff Baena’s cause of death has been confirmed by officials, after news broke that the indie filmmaker had died aged 47.. Baena, the husband of actor and producer Aubrey Plaza, died by suicide ...
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