The name may be unfamiliar, but MGM stock player Selena Royle was a lovely character actress who exuded warmth, kindness, sincerity, dedication and radiance throughout most of her 1940s Hollywood career. These inspiring traits extended into her outside life as well, where she contributed much of herself on behalf of the war effort. Selena started ...
During the early Depression, Selena Royle and Elizabeth Beatty started the Actors Free Dinner Club in Union Church on West 48th Street. It was organized so that those who came to volunteer and those who came out of necessity were indistinguishable from each other.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ethel Barrymore Theater
1956
TV Series
As the World Turns
1956
TV Series
Grace Baker #1 (1956-1959)
Murder Is My Beat
1955
Beatrice Abbott
The Good Samaritan
1954
TV Movie
School Marm
Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson
1953
TV Series
Robot Monster
1953
Mother (as Selena Royale)
Gruen Guild Theater
1952
TV Series
I Lift Up My Lamp
1952
TV Movie
Cast Member
Come Fill the Cup
1951
Mrs. Dolly Copeland
He Ran All the Way
1951
Mrs. Dobbs
Branded
1950
Mrs. Lavery
The Web
1950
TV Series
The Big Hangover
1950
Kate Mahoney
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
Patricia Longworth
The Heiress
1949
Elizabeth Almond
You're My Everything
1949
Mrs. Adams
Your Show Time
1949
TV Series
My Dream Is Yours
1949
Freda Hofer
Bad Boy
1949
Judge Florence Prentiss
Joan of Arc
1948
Isabelle d'Arc (Joan's mother)
Moonrise
1948
Aunt Jessie
A Date with Judy
1948
Mrs. Foster
Smart Woman
1948
Mrs. Wayne
Summer Holiday
1948
Mrs. Essie Miller
You Were Meant for Me
1948
Mrs. Cora Mayhew
Cass Timberlane
1947
Louise Wargate
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
Sairy MacBean
No Leave, No Love
1946
Mrs. Hanlon
Gallant Journey
1946
Mrs. Zachary Montgomery
Courage of Lassie
1946
Mrs. Merrick
Till the End of Time
1946
Mrs. Kincheloe
Night and Day
1946
Kate Porter
The Green Years
1946
Mama Leckie
The Harvey Girls
1946
Miss Bliss
Main Street After Dark
1945
'Ma' Abby Dibson
This Man's Navy
1945
Maude Weaver
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
Mrs. Reynolds
Mrs. Parkington
1944
Mattie Trounson
The Sullivans
1944
Mrs. Alleta Sullivan
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Selena Royle
The Misleading Lady
1932
Alice Connell
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
Video documentary performer: "The Train Must Be Fed" - uncredited
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure
2008
TV Movie documentary performer: "The Train Must Be Fed" - uncredited
A Date with Judy
1948
performer: "Home Sweet Home", "Its a Most Unusual Day" Reprise #2 - Finale
Summer Holiday
1948
performer: "Our Home Town", "The Stanley Steamer" - uncredited
Night and Day
1946
performer: "An Old Fashioned Garden" 1919 - uncredited
The Harvey Girls
1946
performer: "The Train Must Be Fed" - uncredited
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
2010
TV Series documentary
Mother
That's Entertainment!
1974
Clip from 'A Date with Judy' (uncredited)
Known for movies
As the World Turns (1956) as Grace Baker #1 (1956-1959)
$5 Million
