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Billie Burke
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Billie Burke

Known for That's Entertainment! III · 77 Sunset Strip · Glorifying the American Girl

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress. She is primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billie Burke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on…

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Born
Aug 7, 1884
Died
May 14, 1970
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress. She is primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Billie Burke,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

MOVIEThat's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III(archive footage) (uncredited) · 1994
★ 7.1
TV77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip1 eps · 1958
★ 7.2
MOVIEGlorifying the American Girl
Glorifying the American GirlSelf (uncredited) · 1929
★ 5.6
TVMatinee Theater
Matinee Theater1 eps · 1955
★ 5.3
TVLights Out
Lights Out1 eps · 1949
★ 6.0
MOVIEHollywood: The Dream Factory
Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage) · 1972
★ 7.4

Filmography

Movies

Gloria's RomanceGloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)
1916
PeggyPeggy Cameron
1916
Arms and the GirlRuth Sherwood
1917
The Land of PromiseNora Marsh
1917
TM
The Mysterious Miss TerryMavis Terry
1917
Eve's DaughterIrene Simpson-Bates
1918
In Pursuit of PollyPolly Marsden
1918
Let's Get a DivorceMme. Cyprienne Marcey
1918
The Make-Believe WifePhyllis Ashbrook
1918
GG
Good Gracious, AnnabelleAnnabelle Leigh
1919
SL
Sadie LoveSadie Love
1919
The Misleading WidowBetty Taradine
1919
Wanted: A HusbandAmanda Darcy Cole
1919
AG
Away Goes PrudencePrudence Thorne
1920
The Frisky Mrs. JohnsonBelle Johnson
1920
TE
The Education of ElizabethElizabeth Banks
1921
Glorifying the American GirlSelf (uncredited)
1929
A Bill of DivorcementMeg Fairfield
1932
Christopher StrongLady Elaine Strong
1933
Dinner at EightMillicent Jordan
1933
Only YesterdayJulia Warren
1933
Finishing SchoolMrs. Radcliffe
1934
Forsaking All OthersAunt Paula
1934
We're Rich AgainLinda Page
1934
Where Sinners MeetEustasia
1934
A Feather in Her HatJulia Trent Anders
1935
After Office HoursMrs. Norwood
1935
Becky SharpLady Bareacres
1935
Doubting ThomasPaula Brown
1935
She Couldn't Take ItMrs. Daniel Van Dyke
1935
Society DoctorMrs. Crane
1935
SplendorClarissa
1935
Craig's WifeMrs. Frazier
1936
My American WifeMrs. Robert Cantillon
1936
Piccadilly JimEugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister
1936
Navy Blue and GoldMrs. Alyce Gates
1937
ParnellClara Wood
1937
The Bride Wore RedContessa di Meina
1937
TopperMrs. Topper
1937
Everybody SingDiana Bellaire
1938
Merrily We LiveMrs. Emily Kilbourne
1938
The Young in HeartMarmy Carleton
1938
Topper Takes a TripMrs. Clara Topper
1938
Bridal SuiteMrs. Lillian McGill
1939
Eternally YoursAunt Abby
1939
Remember?Mrs. Bronson
1939
The Wizard of OzGlinda
1939
ZenobiaMrs. Tibbett
1939
And One Was BeautifulJulia Lattimer
1940
DulcyEleanor Forbes
1940
HullabalooPenny Merriweather
1940
IreneMrs. Herman Vincent
1940
The Captain is a LadyBlossy Stort
1940
The Ghost Comes HomeCora Adams
1940
One Night In LisbonCatherine Enfilden
1941
The Man Who Came to DinnerDaisy Stanley
1941
The Wild Man of BorneoBernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper
1941
Topper ReturnsMrs. Clara Topper
1941
Girl TroubleCeleste Rowland
1942
In This Our LifeLavinia Timberlake
1942
They All Kissed the BrideMrs. Drew
1942
What's Cookin'?Agatha Courtney
1942
Gildersleeve on BroadwayMrs. Laura Chandler
1943
Hi Diddle DiddleMrs. Prescott
1943
So's Your UncleAunt Minerva
1943
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. SmithAunt Harriet Crandall
1943
Swing Out, SisterJessica Mariman
1945
The CheatersClara Pidgeon
1945
Breakfast in HollywoodMrs. Frances Cartwright
1946
The Bachelor's DaughtersMolly Burns
1946
BG
Billie Gets Her ManBillie Baxter
1948
And Baby Makes ThreeMrs. Marvin Fletcher
1949
The Barkleys of BroadwayMrs. Livingston Belney
1949
Father of the BrideDoris Dunstan
1950
The Boy From IndianaZelda Bagley
1950
The Golden TwentiesSelf (archive footage)
1950
Three HusbandsJenny Bard Whittaker
1950
Father's Little DividendDoris Dunstan
1951
Small Town GirlMrs. Livingston
1953
The Star WagonMrs. Rutledge
1957
The Young PhiladelphiansMrs. J. Arthur Allen
1959
PepeBillie Burke
1960
Sergeant RutledgeMrs. Cordelia Fosgate
1960
Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
1972
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of MagicSelf (archive footage)
1990
That's Entertainment! III(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
The Dark Side of the RainbowGlinda (archive footage)
2000
Ziegfeld on FilmHerself (archive footage)
2004
O
OzSelf / Glinda the Good Witch (archive footage)

Television

Lights Out1 eps
1949
DC
Doc CorkleMelinda · 3 eps
1952
Matinee Theater1 eps
1955
77 Sunset Strip1 eps
1958

Photos

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