![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: 1906 in St Louis, MO Death: January 7, 1980 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Character actress "Sarah Selby" came to films by way of radio. In fact, her first screen assignment was a voice-over as one of the gossiping elephants in Disney's animated feature "Dumbo" (1941). She continued to play minor roles as nurses, housekeepers, and town gossips until her retirement in 1977; one of her last roles was Aunt Polly in a 1975 TV-movie adaptation of "Huckleberry Finn". On television, "Sarah Selby" was seen on a semi-regular basis as storekeeper Ma Smalley on "Gunsmoke" (1955-1975). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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