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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.
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 ...
Night Court is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 4, 1984, and ended on May 31, 1992, after nine seasons consisting of 193 episodes.The show is set in the night shift of a Manhattan Criminal Court presided over by a young, unorthodox judge, Harold "Harry" T. Stone (portrayed by Harry Anderson), and was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, who had previously ...
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: Selma Hacker Night Court: 1985-05-13 Lung cancer: 2 Character killed off and addressed in the third-season premiere. Samantha Smith: Elizabeth Culver Lime Street: 4 1985-08-25 Crash of Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808: 1 Production initially continued, but series cancelled after airing only five out of eight episodes produced ...
Selma Diamond, who played chain-smoking bailiff Selma Hacker in Seasons 1 and 2 of Night Court, died in May 1985 of lung cancer. Related: The Surprising Reason John Larroquette Starred on 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]
Roz is back! Marsha Warfield, who played the caustic bailiff on “Night Court” for six seasons, made a surprise appearance on Tuesday night’s episode of the series’ 2023 revival. Warfield ...