Selma Archerd

Selma Helene Archerd (née Fenning; February 26, 1925 – December 14, 2023) was an American actress, known for her roles in Die Hard (1988), Lethal Weapon (1987) and Lethal Weapon 3 (1992). She mostly played background roles (saleslady, woman, customer, hostage, passenger) throughout her 27-year career in television and film.

Selma Helene Fenning was born on February 26, 1925, in Newark, New Jersey, one of two children born to Charlotte Hurdus and A. Harry Fenning, a New York-based furrier who relocated with his family to Los Angeles in approximately 1935. Selma attended UCLA and was a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi. Besides her many films, listed below, she played roles on television, including 25 episodes of Melrose Place as Nurse Amy. Other television roles included The Brady Bunch, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Love Boat, Hotel, Knots Landing, Marcus Welby, M.D., Roseanne, and Cagney & Lacey. She sometimes appeared with her husband on the game show Tattletales.

Her first marriage, to Howard M. Rosenblum, lasted from June 27, 1943, until their divorce in October 1968. They had two sons. The following year, on November 15, she wed entertainment columnist Army Archerd, to whom she remained married until his death on September 8, 2009. Selma Archerd died in Los Angeles on December 14, 2023, at the age of 98.