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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 7, 1884
Died
May 14, 1970
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also Known As
- Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke
- Miss Billie Burke
Billie Burke
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.7
Herself (archive footage)
Ziegfeld on Film
2004
8.7
Glinda (archive footage)
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
2000
7.0
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
8.3
Self (archive footage)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
6.3
Billie Burke
Pepe
1960
7.1
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
7.4
Mrs. J. Arthur Allen
The Young Philadelphians
1959
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
1958
0.0
Mrs. Rutledge
The Star Wagon
1957
Credits
Ziegfeld on Film
as Herself (archive footage)
2004
5.7
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
as Glinda (archive footage)
2000
8.7
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
as Self (archive footage)
1990
8.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Pepe
as Billie Burke
1960
6.3
Sergeant Rutledge
as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
1960
7.1
The Young Philadelphians
as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen
1959
7.4
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
The Star Wagon
as Mrs. Rutledge
1957
0.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Small Town Girl
as Mrs. Livingston
1953
5.4
🎬
Doc Corkle
as Melinda
1952
0.0
Father's Little Dividend
as Doris Dunstan
1951
6.5
Three Husbands
as Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker
1950
5.0
Father of the Bride
as Doris Dunstan
1950
7.0
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
1950
0.0
The Boy From Indiana
as Zelda Bagley
1950
0.0
And Baby Makes Three
as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher
1949
4.1
Lights Out
1949
5.8
The Barkleys of Broadway
as Mrs. Livingston Belney
1949
6.9
🎬
Billie Gets Her Man
as Billie Baxter
1948
0.0
The Bachelor's Daughters
as Molly Burns
1946
6.2
Breakfast in Hollywood
as Mrs. Frances Cartwright
1946
5.0
The Cheaters
as Clara Pidgeon
1945
5.9
Swing Out, Sister
as Jessica Mariman
1945
3.7
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Mrs. Laura Chandler
1943
5.8
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
as Aunt Harriet Crandall
1943
3.5
So's Your Uncle
as Aunt Minerva
1943
5.0
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Mrs. Prescott
1943
6.4
Girl Trouble
as Celeste Rowland
1942
6.5
They All Kissed the Bride
as Mrs. Drew
1942
5.8
In This Our Life
as Lavinia Timberlake
1942
6.8
What's Cookin'?
as Agatha Courtney
1942
5.5
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Daisy Stanley
1941
6.9
One Night In Lisbon
as Catherine Enfilden
1941
0.0
Topper Returns
as Mrs. Clara Topper
1941
6.4
The Wild Man of Borneo
as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper
1941
6.5
Hullabaloo
as Penny Merriweather
1940
4.0
Dulcy
as Eleanor Forbes
1940
5.8
The Captain Is a Lady
as Blossy Stort
1940
6.0
Irene
as Mrs. Herman Vincent
1940
6.0
And One Was Beautiful
as Julia Lattimer
1940
6.2
The Ghost Comes Home
as Cora Adams
1940
5.0
Remember?
as Mrs. Bronson
1939
5.8
Eternally Yours
as Aunt Abby
1939
5.7
The Wizard of Oz
as Glinda
1939
7.6
Bridal Suite
as Mrs. Lillian McGill
1939
5.1
Zenobia
as Mrs. Tibbett
1939
4.6
Topper Takes a Trip
as Mrs. Clara Topper
1938
6.5
The Young in Heart
as Marmy Carleton
1938
6.5
Merrily We Live
as Mrs. Emily Kilbourne
1938
6.9
Everybody Sing
as Diana Bellaire
1938
4.7
Navy Blue and Gold
as Mrs. Alyce Gates
1937
5.3
The Bride Wore Red
as Contessa di Meina
1937
6.7
Topper
as Mrs. Topper
1937
6.7
Parnell
as Clara Wood
1937
4.1
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Frazier
1936
6.3
Piccadilly Jim
as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister
1936
6.5
My American Wife
as Mrs. Robert Cantillon
1936
0.0
Splendor
as Clarissa
1935
6.3
A Feather in Her Hat
as Julia Trent Anders
1935
6.8
She Couldn't Take It
as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke
1935
4.5
Doubting Thomas
as Paula Brown
1935
7.0
Becky Sharp
as Lady Bareacres
1935
5.7
After Office Hours
as Mrs. Norwood
1935
6.4
Society Doctor
as Mrs. Crane
1935
6.3
Forsaking All Others
as Aunt Paula
1934
5.9
We're Rich Again
as Linda Page
1934
5.2
Where Sinners Meet
as Eustasia
1934
3.3
Finishing School
as Mrs. Radcliffe
1934
6.0
Dinner at Eight
as Millicent Jordan
1933
6.7
Only Yesterday
as Julia Warren
1933
6.8
Christopher Strong
as Lady Elaine Strong
1933
5.8
A Bill of Divorcement
as Meg Fairfield
1932
6.2
Glorifying the American Girl
as Self (uncredited)
1929
5.3
🎬
The Education of Elizabeth
as Elizabeth Banks
1921
0.0
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
as Belle Johnson
1920
0.0
🎬
Away Goes Prudence
as Prudence Thorne
1920
0.0
Wanted: A Husband
as Amanda Darcy Cole
1919
0.0
🎬
Sadie Love
as Sadie Love
1919
0.0
The Misleading Widow
as Betty Taradine
1919
0.0
🎬
Good Gracious, Annabelle
as Annabelle Leigh
1919
0.0
The Make-Believe Wife
as Phyllis Ashbrook
1918
0.0
In Pursuit of Polly
as Polly Marsden
1918
7.5
Let's Get a Divorce
as Mme. Cyprienne Marcey
1918
0.0
Eve's Daughter
as Irene Simpson-Bates
1918
0.0
The Land of Promise
as Nora Marsh
1917
0.0
Arms and the Girl
as Ruth Sherwood
1917
0.0
🎬
The Mysterious Miss Terry
as Mavis Terry
1917
0.0
Gloria's Romance
as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)
1916
6.0
Peggy
as Peggy Cameron
1916
0.0
🎬
Oz
as Self / Glinda the Good Witch (archive footage)
N/A
0.0