Known for
Acting
Credits
91
Gender
Woman
Birthday
Aug 5, 1884
Day of death
May 15, 1970 (85)
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also known as
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke
Miss Billie Burke
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billie Burke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting roles
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2004 | Ziegfeld on Film | Herself (archive footage) |
2000 | The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow | Glinda (archive footage) |
1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) |
1990 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic | Self (archive footage) |
1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Millicent Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited) |
1960 | Sergeant Rutledge | Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate |
1960 | Pepe | Billie Burke |
1959 | The Young Philadelphians | Mrs. J. Arthur Allen |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | |
1955 | Matinee Theater | |
1953 | Small Town Girl | Mrs. Livingston |
1952 | Doc Corkle | Melinda |
1951 | Father's Little Dividend | Doris Dunstan |
1950 | Father of the Bride | Doris Dunstan |
1950 | Three Husbands | Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker |
1950 | The Golden Twenties | Self (archive footage) |
1950 | The Boy From Indiana | Zelda Bagley |
1949 | The Barkleys of Broadway | Mme Livingston Belney |
1949 | And Baby Makes Three | Mrs. Marvin Fletcher |
1949 | Lights Out | |
1948 | Billie Gets Her Man | Billie Baxter |
1946 | Breakfast in Hollywood | Mrs. Frances Cartwright |
1946 | The Bachelor's Daughters | Molly Burns |
1945 | The Cheaters | Clara Pidgeon |
1945 | Swing Out, Sister | Jessica Mariman |
1943 | Hi Diddle Diddle | Mrs. Prescott |
1943 | Gildersleeve on Broadway | Mrs. Laura Chandler |
1943 | You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith | Aunt Harriet Crandall |
1943 | So's Your Uncle | Aunt Minerva |
1942 | In This Our Life | Lavinia Timberlake |
1942 | They All Kissed the Bride | Mrs. Drew |
1942 | What's Cookin'? | Agatha Courtney |
1942 | Girl Trouble | Celeste Rowland |
1941 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Daisy Stanley |
1941 | Topper Returns | Mrs. Clara Topper |
1941 | The Wild Man of Borneo | Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper |
1941 | One Night In Lisbon | Catherine Enfilden |
1940 | Irene | Mrs. Herman Vincent |
1940 | And One Was Beautiful | Julia Lattimer |
1940 | Dulcy | Eleanor Forbes |
1940 | The Ghost Comes Home | Cora Adams |
1940 | Hullabaloo | Penny Merriweather |
1940 | The Captain Is a Lady | Blossy Stort |
1939 | The Wizard of Oz | Glinda the Good Witch of the North |
1939 | Eternally Yours | Aunt Abby |
1939 | Zenobia | Mrs. Tibbett |
1939 | Remember? | Mrs. Bronson |
1939 | Bridal Suite | Mrs. Lillian McGill |
1938 | Merrily We Live | Mrs. Emily Kilbourne |
1938 | The Young in Heart | Marmy Carleton |
1938 | Topper Takes a Trip | Mrs. Clara Topper |
1938 | Everybody Sing | Diana Bellaire |
1937 | Topper | Mrs. Topper |
1937 | The Bride Wore Red | Contessa di Meina |
1937 | Navy Blue and Gold | Mrs. Alyce Gates |
1937 | Parnell | Clara Wood |
1936 | Craig's Wife | Mrs. Frazier |
1936 | Piccadilly Jim | Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister |
1936 | My American Wife | Mrs. Robert Cantillon |
1935 | Becky Sharp | Lady Bareacres |
1935 | After Office Hours | Mrs. Norwood |
1935 | Splendor | Clarissa |
1935 | A Feather in Her Hat | Julia Trent Anders |
1935 | Society Doctor | Mrs. Crane |
1935 | Doubting Thomas | Paula Brown |
1935 | She Couldn't Take It | Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke |
1934 | Forsaking All Others | Aunt Paula |
1934 | Finishing School | Mrs. Radcliffe |
1934 | We're Rich Again | Mrs. Linda Page |
1934 | Where Sinners Meet | Eustasia |
1933 | Dinner at Eight | Millicent Jordan |
1933 | Christopher Strong | Lady Elaine Strong |
1933 | Only Yesterday | Julia Warren |
1932 | A Bill of Divorcement | Meg Fairfield |
1929 | Glorifying the American Girl | Self (uncredited) |
1921 | The Education of Elizabeth | Elizabeth Banks |
1920 | Away Goes Prudence | Prudence Thorne |
1920 | The Frisky Mrs. Johnson | Belle Johnson |
1919 | Good Gracious, Annabelle | Annabelle Leigh |
1919 | Sadie Love | Sadie Love |
1919 | The Misleading Widow | Betty Taradine |
1918 | In Pursuit of Polly | Polly Marsden |
1918 | Eve's Daughter | Irene Simpson-Bates |
1918 | The Make-Believe Wife | Phyllis Ashbrook |
1918 | Let's Get a Divorce | Mme. Cyprienne Marcey |
1917 | The Mysterious Miss Terry | Mavis Terry |
1917 | The Land of Promise | Nora Marsh |
1917 | Arms and the Girl | Ruth Sherwood |
1916 | Gloria's Romance | Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke) |
1916 | Peggy | Peggy Cameron |