Billie Burke
Known for Acting · 94 credits
- Born
- 1884-08-07
- Died
- 1970-05-14
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Also known as
- Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke · Miss Billie Burke
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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Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (90)
The Wizard of Oz
1939
as Glinda
Finishing School
1934
as Mrs. Radcliffe
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Piccadilly Jim
1936
as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister
Topper
1937
as Mrs. Topper
Parnell
1937
as Clara Wood
Dinner at Eight
1933
as Millicent Jordan
Father of the Bride
1950
as Doris Dunstan
Becky Sharp
1935
as Lady Bareacres
Zenobia
1939
as Mrs. Tibbett
Dulcy
1940
as Eleanor Forbes
Father's Little Dividend
1951
as Doris Dunstan
Only Yesterday
1933
as Julia Warren
Irene
1940
as Mrs. Herman Vincent
Peggy
1916
as Peggy Cameron
Pepe
1960
as Billie Burke
Society Doctor
1935
as Mrs. Crane
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
as Daisy Stanley
The Young Philadelphians
1959
as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen
Bridal Suite
1939
as Mrs. Lillian McGill
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
as Mrs. Livingston Belney
Everybody Sing
1938
as Diana Bellaire
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
In This Our Life
1942
as Lavinia Timberlake
Topper Returns
1941
as Mrs. Clara Topper
Merrily We Live
1938
as Mrs. Emily Kilbourne
Splendor
1935
as Clarissa
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Hullabaloo
1940
as Penny Merriweather
Three Husbands
1950
as Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker
And Baby Makes Three
1949
as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990
as Self (archive footage)
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Mrs. Drew
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
A Bill of Divorcement
1932
as Meg Fairfield
The Education of Elizabeth
1921
as Elizabeth Banks
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
as Mrs. Alyce Gates
Eternally Yours
1939
as Aunt Abby
Doubting Thomas
1935
as Paula Brown
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
1920
as Belle Johnson
Remember?
1939
as Mrs. Bronson
Small Town Girl
1953
as Mrs. Livingston
The Young in Heart
1938
as Marmy Carleton
Glorifying the American Girl
1929
as Self (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
as Julia Trent Anders
Forsaking All Others
1934
as Aunt Paula
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke
So's Your Uncle
1943
as Aunt Minerva
The Cheaters
1945
as Clara Pidgeon
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
2000
as Glinda (archive footage)
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943
as Mrs. Prescott
The Golden Twenties
1950
as Self (archive footage)
Girl Trouble
1942
as Celeste Rowland
We're Rich Again
1934
as Linda Page
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941
as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper
Topper Takes a Trip
1938
as Mrs. Clara Topper
Where Sinners Meet
1934
as Eustasia
Oz
as Self / Glinda the Good Witch (archive footage)
Craig's Wife
1936
as Mrs. Frazier
Gloria's Romance
1916
as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)
Christopher Strong
1933
as Lady Elaine Strong
The Bachelor's Daughters
1946
as Molly Burns
The Boy From Indiana
1950
as Zelda Bagley
The Bride Wore Red
1937
as Contessa di Meina
After Office Hours
1935
as Mrs. Norwood
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946
as Mrs. Frances Cartwright
And One Was Beautiful
1940
as Julia Lattimer
The Ghost Comes Home
1940
as Cora Adams
The Misleading Widow
1919
as Betty Taradine
What's Cookin'?
1942
as Agatha Courtney
The Mysterious Miss Terry
1917
as Mavis Terry
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
1943
as Aunt Harriet Crandall
Arms and the Girl
1917
as Ruth Sherwood
Wanted: A Husband
1919
as Amanda Darcy Cole
Away Goes Prudence
1920
as Prudence Thorne
The Captain is a Lady
1940
as Blossy Stort
Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943
as Mrs. Laura Chandler
One Night In Lisbon
1941
as Catherine Enfilden
Swing Out, Sister
1945
as Jessica Mariman
Sadie Love
1919
as Sadie Love
The Make-Believe Wife
1918
as Phyllis Ashbrook
The Star Wagon
1957
as Mrs. Rutledge
Billie Gets Her Man
1948
as Billie Baxter
My American Wife
1936
as Mrs. Robert Cantillon
The Land of Promise
1917
as Nora Marsh
Ziegfeld on Film
2004
as Herself (archive footage)
In Pursuit of Polly
1918
as Polly Marsden
Eve's Daughter
1918
as Irene Simpson-Bates
Good Gracious, Annabelle
1919
as Annabelle Leigh
Let's Get a Divorce
1918
as Mme. Cyprienne Marcey
About Billie Burke
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. With 94 credits spanning from 1916 to 2004, Billie Burke has appeared in 90 films and 4 TV shows.
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- The Wizard of Oz (1939) — as Glinda
- Finishing School (1934) — as Mrs. Radcliffe
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — as (archive footage)
- Piccadilly Jim (1936) — as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister
- Topper (1937) — as Mrs. Topper
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