Person Details
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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
(1939) Glinda the Good Witch of the NorthSergeant Rutledge
(1960) Mrs. Cordelia FosgateThe Young Philadelphians
(1959) Mrs. J. Arthur AllenChristopher Strong
(1933) Lady Elaine StrongThat's Entertainment! III
(1994) (archive footage)In This Our Life
(1942) Lavinia TimberlakeBecky Sharp
(1935) Lady BareacresParnell
(1937) Clara WoodActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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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 |