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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1884-08-07 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Died
- 1970-05-14
Known for
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) — Glinda
- Father of the Bride (1950) — Doris Dunstan
- Sergeant Rutledge (1960) — Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
- Topper (1937) — Mrs. Topper
- Dinner at Eight (1933) — Millicent Jordan
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) — Daisy Stanley
- Father's Little Dividend (1951) — Doris Dunstan
- Topper Returns (1941) — Mrs. Clara Topper
- In This Our Life (1942) — Lavinia Timberlake
- The Young Philadelphians (1959) — Mrs. J. Arthur Allen
- The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) — Mrs. Livingston Belney
- Pepe (1960) — Billie Burke
- A Bill of Divorcement (1932) — Meg Fairfield
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Merrily We Live (1938) — Mrs. Emily Kilbourne
- Christopher Strong (1933) — Lady Elaine Strong