Person Details

Birthday: 1884-08-07 02:38:20

Death: 1970-05-15 02:38:20

Aliases: Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke , Miss Billie Burke

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Wizard of Oz
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8

The Wizard of Oz

(1939) Glinda the Good Witch of the North
Sergeant Rutledge
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7

Sergeant Rutledge

(1960) Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
The Young Philadelphians
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8

The Young Philadelphians

(1959) Mrs. J. Arthur Allen
Christopher Strong
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6

Christopher Strong

(1933) Lady Elaine Strong
That's Entertainment! III
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7

That's Entertainment! III

(1994) (archive footage)
In This Our Life
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7

In This Our Life

(1942) Lavinia Timberlake
Becky Sharp
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6

Becky Sharp

(1935) Lady Bareacres
Parnell
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5

Parnell

(1937) Clara Wood

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2004 Herself (archive footage)
2000 Glinda (archive footage)
1994 (archive footage)
1990 Self (archive footage)
1972 Self (archive footage)
1961 Millicent Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited)
1960 Billie Burke
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
1959 Mrs. J. Arthur Allen
1958 N/A
1955 N/A
1953 Mrs. Livingston
1952 Melinda
1951 Doris Dunstan
1950 Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker
Doris Dunstan
Self (archive footage)
Zelda Bagley
1949 Mrs. Marvin Fletcher
Mme Livingston Belney
1948 Billie Baxter
1946 Molly Burns
N/A
Mrs. Frances Cartwright
1945 Clara Pidgeon
Jessica Mariman
1943 Mrs. Laura Chandler
Aunt Harriet Crandall
Aunt Minerva
Mrs. Prescott
1942 Celeste Rowland
Mrs. Drew
Lavinia Timberlake
Agatha Courtney
Daisy Stanley
1941 Catherine Enfilden
Mrs. Clara Topper
Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper
1940 Penny Merriweather
Eleanor Forbes
Blossy Stort
Mrs. Herman Vincent
Julia Lattimer
Cora Adams
1939 Mrs. Bronson
Aunt Abby
Glinda the Good Witch of the North
Mrs. Lillian McGill
Mrs. Tibbett
1938 Mrs. Clara Topper
Marmy Carleton
Mrs. Emily Kilbourne
Diana Bellaire
1937 Mrs. Alyce Gates
Contessa di Meina
Mrs. Topper
Clara Wood
1936 Mrs. Frazier
Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister
Mrs. Robert Cantillon
1935 Clarissa
Julia Trent Anders
Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke
Paula Brown
Lady Bareacres
Mrs. Norwood
Mrs. Crane
1934 Aunt Paula
Mrs. Linda Page
Eustasia
Mrs. Helen Radcliffe
1933 Millicent Jordan
Julia Warren
Lady Elaine Strong
1932 Meg Fairfield
1929 Self (uncredited)
1921 Elizabeth Banks
1920 Belle Johnson
Prudence Thorne
1919 Sadie Love
Betty Taradine
Annabelle Leigh
1918 Phyllis Ashbrook
Polly Marsden
Mme. Cyprienne Marcey
Irene Simpson-Bates
1917 Nora Marsh
Ruth Sherwood
Mavis Terry
1916 Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)
Peggy Cameron
Year Character Movie/Tv

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