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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
93
Gender
Female
Birthday
1884-08-07 (141 years old)
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Acting
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)1960
Sergeant Rutledge as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate1960
Pepe as Billie Burke1959
The Young Philadelphians as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen1958
77 Sunset Strip as Not available1955
Matinee Theater as Not available1953
Small Town Girl as Mrs. Livingston1951
Father's Little Dividend as Doris Dunstan1950
The Golden Twenties as Self (archive footage)1950
Father of the Bride as Doris Dunstan1950
Three Husbands as Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker1949
Lights Out as Not available1949
The Barkleys of Broadway as Mrs. Livingston Belney1945
The Cheaters as Clara Pidgeon1943
Hi Diddle Diddle as Mrs. Prescott1942
In This Our Life as Lavinia Timberlake1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner as Daisy Stanley1940
Irene as Mrs. Herman Vincent1940
The Captain Is a Lady as Blossy Stort1940
And One Was Beautiful as Julia Lattimer1940
Dulcy as Eleanor Forbes1940
Hullabaloo as Penny Merriweather1940
The Ghost Comes Home as Cora Adams1939
The Wizard of Oz as Glinda1939
Eternally Yours as Aunt Abby1939
Zenobia as Mrs. Tibbett1937
Topper as Mrs. Topper1937
The Bride Wore Red as Contessa di Meina1935
Becky Sharp as Lady BareacresNaN
Oz as Self / Glinda the Good Witch (archive footage)2004
Ziegfeld on Film as Herself (archive footage)2000
The Dark Side of the Rainbow as Glinda (archive footage)1994
That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic as Self (archive footage)1957
The Star Wagon as Mrs. Rutledge1952
Doc Corkle as Melinda1950
The Boy From Indiana as Zelda Bagley1949
And Baby Makes Three as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher1948
Billie Gets Her Man as Billie Baxter1946
Breakfast in Hollywood as Mrs. Frances Cartwright1946
The Bachelor's Daughters as Molly Burns1945
Swing Out, Sister as Jessica Mariman1943
Gildersleeve on Broadway as Mrs. Laura Chandler1943
So's Your Uncle as Aunt Minerva1943
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith as Aunt Harriet Crandall1942
They All Kissed the Bride as Mrs. Drew1942
Girl Trouble as Celeste Rowland1942
What's Cookin'? as Agatha Courtney1941
One Night In Lisbon as Catherine Enfilden1941
The Wild Man of Borneo as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper1941
Topper Returns as Mrs. Clara Topper1939
Bridal Suite as Mrs. Lillian McGill1939
Remember? as Mrs. Bronson1938
The Young in Heart as Marmy Carleton1938
Topper Takes a Trip as Mrs. Clara Topper1938
Everybody Sing as Diana Bellaire1938
Merrily We Live as Mrs. Emily Kilbourne1937
Navy Blue and Gold as Mrs. Alyce Gates1937
Parnell as Clara Wood1936
Craig's Wife as Mrs. Frazier1936
Piccadilly Jim as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister1936
My American Wife as Mrs. Robert Cantillon1935
Splendor as Clarissa1935
After Office Hours as Mrs. Norwood1935
A Feather in Her Hat as Julia Trent Anders1935
Doubting Thomas as Paula Brown1935
Society Doctor as Mrs. Crane1935
She Couldn't Take It as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke1934
Finishing School as Mrs. Radcliffe1934
Forsaking All Others as Aunt Paula1934
We're Rich Again as Linda Page1934
Where Sinners Meet as Eustasia1933
Christopher Strong as Lady Elaine Strong1933
Only Yesterday as Julia Warren1933
Dinner at Eight as Millicent Jordan1932
A Bill of Divorcement as Meg Fairfield1929
Glorifying the American Girl as Self (uncredited)1921
The Education of Elizabeth as Elizabeth Banks1920
Away Goes Prudence as Prudence Thorne1920
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson as Belle Johnson1919
The Misleading Widow as Betty Taradine1919
Sadie Love as Sadie Love1919
Wanted: A Husband as Amanda Darcy Cole1919
Good Gracious, Annabelle as Annabelle Leigh1918
The Make-Believe Wife as Phyllis Ashbrook1918
In Pursuit of Polly as Polly Marsden1918
Eve's Daughter as Irene Simpson-Bates1918
Let's Get a Divorce as Mme. Cyprienne Marcey1917
Arms and the Girl as Ruth Sherwood1917
The Mysterious Miss Terry as Mavis Terry1917
The Land of Promise as Nora Marsh1916
Peggy as Peggy Cameron1916
Gloria's Romance as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)