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