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Billie Burke

Billie Burke

Acting1884Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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.

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Acting History

Future
Oz
as Self / Glinda the Good Witch (archive footage)
2004
Ziegfeld on Film
as Herself (archive footage)
2000
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
as Glinda (archive footage)
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1990
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1960
Sergeant Rutledge
as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Pepe
as Billie Burke
1959
The Young Philadelphians
as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen
1957
The Star Wagon
as Mrs. Rutledge
1956
1953
Small Town Girl
as Mrs. Livingston
1952
Doc Corkle
TVas Melinda
1951
Father's Little Dividend
as Doris Dunstan
1950
Father of the Bride
as Doris Dunstan
Three Husbands
as Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
The Boy From Indiana
as Zelda Bagley
1949
And Baby Makes Three
as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher
The Barkleys of Broadway
as Mrs. Livingston Belney
1948
Billie Gets Her Man
as Billie Baxter
1946
Breakfast in Hollywood
as Mrs. Frances Cartwright
1945
The Cheaters
as Clara Pidgeon
Swing Out, Sister
as Jessica Mariman
1943
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Mrs. Laura Chandler
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Mrs. Prescott
So's Your Uncle
as Aunt Minerva
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
as Aunt Harriet Crandall
1942
In This Our Life
as Lavinia Timberlake
What's Cookin'?
as Agatha Courtney
Girl Trouble
as Celeste Rowland
1941
The Wild Man of Borneo
as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper
Topper Returns
as Mrs. Clara Topper
One Night In Lisbon
as Catherine Enfilden
1940
Hullabaloo
as Penny Merriweather
Irene
as Mrs. Herman Vincent
And One Was Beautiful
as Julia Lattimer
Dulcy
as Eleanor Forbes
The Captain is a Lady
as Blossy Stort
1939
Remember?
as Mrs. Bronson
Eternally Yours
as Aunt Abby
Zenobia
as Mrs. Tibbett
Bridal Suite
as Mrs. Lillian McGill
1938
The Young in Heart
as Marmy Carleton
Everybody Sing
as Diana Bellaire
Merrily We Live
as Mrs. Emily Kilbourne
Topper Takes a Trip
as Mrs. Clara Topper
1937
Topper
as Mrs. Topper
The Bride Wore Red
as Contessa di Meina
Navy Blue and Gold
as Mrs. Alyce Gates
Parnell
as Clara Wood
1936
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Frazier
Piccadilly Jim
as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister
My American Wife
as Mrs. Robert Cantillon
1935
Splendor
as Clarissa
Doubting Thomas
as Paula Brown
Becky Sharp
as Lady Bareacres
After Office Hours
as Mrs. Norwood
Society Doctor
as Mrs. Crane
A Feather in Her Hat
as Julia Trent Anders
She Couldn't Take It
as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke
1934
We're Rich Again
as Linda Page
Finishing School
as Mrs. Radcliffe
1933
Only Yesterday
as Julia Warren
Christopher Strong
as Lady Elaine Strong
Dinner at Eight
as Millicent Jordan
1932
A Bill of Divorcement
as Meg Fairfield
1929
Glorifying the American Girl
as Self (uncredited)
1921
The Education of Elizabeth
as Elizabeth Banks
1920
Away Goes Prudence
as Prudence Thorne
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
as Belle Johnson
1919
The Misleading Widow
as Betty Taradine
Sadie Love
as Sadie Love
Good Gracious, Annabelle
as Annabelle Leigh
Wanted: A Husband
as Amanda Darcy Cole
1918
Let's Get a Divorce
as Mme. Cyprienne Marcey
In Pursuit of Polly
as Polly Marsden
The Make-Believe Wife
as Phyllis Ashbrook
Eve's Daughter
as Irene Simpson-Bates
1917
Arms and the Girl
as Ruth Sherwood
The Land of Promise
as Nora Marsh
1916
Gloria's Romance
as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)
Peggy
as Peggy Cameron

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/7/1884
Day of Death
5/14/1970
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA