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Billie Burke

Billie Burke

Birthday: 1884-08-07 | Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

as    Self (archive footage)

1960
Sergeant Rutledge

as    Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

1959
The Young Philadelphians

as    Mrs. J. Arthur Allen

1953
Small Town Girl

as    Mrs. Livingston

1952
Doc Corkle

as    Melinda

1951
Father's Little Dividend

as    Doris Dunstan

1950
Father of the Bride

as    Doris Dunstan

1950
Three Husbands

as    Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker

1950
The Golden Twenties

as    Self (archive footage)

1949
The Wizard of Oz

as    Glinda

1949
The Barkleys of Broadway

as    Mme Livingston Belney

1949
And Baby Makes Three

as    Mrs. Marvin Fletcher

1946
The Bachelor's Daughters

as    Molly Burns

1945
Swing Out, Sister

as    Jessica Mariman

1943
Hi Diddle Diddle

as    Mrs. Prescott

1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner

as    Daisy Stanley

1942
In This Our Life

as    Lavinia Timberlake

1941
Topper Returns

as    Mrs. Clara Topper

1940
And One Was Beautiful

as    Julia Lattimer

1940
Irene

as    Mrs. Herman Vincent

1940
Hullabaloo

as    Penny Merriweather

1939
Eternally Yours

as    Aunt Abby

1939
Remember?

as    Mrs. Bronson

1939
Bridal Suite

as    Mrs. Lillian McGill

1939
Zenobia

as    Mrs. Tibbett

1938
Everybody Sing

as    Diana Bellaire

1938
Topper Takes a Trip

as    Mrs. Clara Topper

1938
Merrily We Live

as    Mrs. Emily Kilbourne

1937
The Bride Wore Red

as    Contessa di Meina

1937
Topper

as    Mrs. Topper