Acting
Billie Burke
Also Known As: Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke, Miss Billie Burke
Birth Date
August 7, 1884
Death Date
May 14, 1970
(passed away at 85)
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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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.
Photos
Matinee Theater
1955 • 1 episode
The Wizard of Oz
Glinda
1939
Lights Out
1949 • 1 episode
77 Sunset Strip
1958 • 1 episode
Father of the Bride
Doris Dunstan
1950
Sergeant Rutledge
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
1960
Topper
Mrs. Topper
1937
Father's Little Dividend
Doris Dunstan
1951
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Daisy Stanley
1941
The Young Philadelphians
Mrs. J. Arthur Allen
1959
In This Our Life
Lavinia Timberlake
1942
Dinner at Eight
Millicent Jordan
1933
Topper Returns
Mrs. Clara Topper
1941
The Cheaters
Clara Pidgeon
1945
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
The Wild Man of Borneo
Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper
1941
The Barkleys of Broadway
Mrs. Livingston Belney
1949
Girl Trouble
Celeste Rowland
1942
Merrily We Live
Mrs. Emily Kilbourne
1938
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self (archive footage)
1990