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name: "Selena Royle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/selena-royle"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 November 1904"
died: "23 April 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T14:16:52.600586+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Selena Royle

Actor. Born 6 November 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 23 April 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 November 1904, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 23 April 1983
- **Also known as:** Selena Royale

## Biography

Selena Royle (also credited as Selena Royale) was an American actress who worked in theatre, radio, television and film, and later became an author. Born in New York City on 6 November 1904, she was the daughter of playwright Edwin Milton Royle and actress Selena Fetter. She made her professional stage debut in 1921 in her father's play *Lancelot and Elaine* and went on to appear in numerous Broadway productions, including *Peer Gynt* (1923).

Royle began her radio career in the mid-1920s and became a regular performer. She entered films in the 1930s and had her most prominent screen work in the 1940s, often in maternal roles, including *The Fighting Sullivans* (1944), *Joan of Arc* (1948), *The Heiress* (1949) and *He Ran All the Way* (1951). Her film career was curtailed in the early 1950s after she was investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee. She appeared in *Robot Monster* (1953) as Mother and made a small number of later films and television appearances. Royle died in Guadalajara, Mexico, on 23 April 1983.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com, allmovie.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Robot Monster* (1953), Fi1m 48, as Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/robot-monster.md)

## Also known for

- *The Heiress* (1949), Elizabeth Almond
- *TerrorVision* (1986), Archive Footage (Robot Monster)
- *Joan of Arc* (1948), Isabelle d'Arc, Joan's Mother
- *Moonrise* (1948), Aunt Jessie
- *That's Entertainment!* (1974), (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo* (1944), Mrs. Reynolds
- *He Ran All the Way* (1951), Mrs. Dobbs
- *The Damned Don't Cry* (1950), Patricia Longworth

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