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Home/People/Billie Burke
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Born
Aug 7, 1884Died: May 14, 1970
Lived 85 years
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

89
Movies
4
TV Shows
Also Known As
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke
Miss Billie Burke
IMDb Profile

Billie Burke

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.
Ziegfeld on Film poster

Ziegfeld on Film

as Herself (archive footage)
2004
The Dark Side of the Rainbow poster

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

as Glinda (archive footage)
2000
That's Entertainment! III poster

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)
1994
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic poster

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

as Self (archive footage)
1990
Hollywood: The Dream Factory poster

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)
1972
Pepe poster

Pepe

as Billie Burke
1960
Sergeant Rutledge poster

Sergeant Rutledge

as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
1960
The Young Philadelphians poster

The Young Philadelphians

as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen
1959
The Star Wagon poster

The Star Wagon

as Mrs. Rutledge
1957
Small Town Girl poster

Small Town Girl

as Mrs. Livingston
1953
Father's Little Dividend poster

Father's Little Dividend

as Doris Dunstan
1951
Three Husbands poster

Three Husbands

as Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker
1950
Father of the Bride poster

Father of the Bride

as Doris Dunstan
1950
The Golden Twenties poster

The Golden Twenties

as Self (archive footage)
1950
The Boy From Indiana poster

The Boy From Indiana

as Zelda Bagley
1950
And Baby Makes Three poster

And Baby Makes Three

as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher
1949
The Barkleys of Broadway poster

The Barkleys of Broadway

as Mrs. Livingston Belney
1949
Billie Gets Her Man poster

Billie Gets Her Man

as Billie Baxter
1948
The Bachelor's Daughters poster

The Bachelor's Daughters

as Molly Burns
1946
Breakfast in Hollywood poster

Breakfast in Hollywood

as Mrs. Frances Cartwright
1946