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.

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Born

Aug 07, 1884

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died

May 14, 1970

Known For

Acting

Movies

90 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.7

movie

Known For

The Wizard of Oz

1939

as Glinda

Sergeant Rutledge

1960

as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

Father of the Bride

1950

as Doris Dunstan

Dinner at Eight

1933

as Millicent Jordan

Topper

1937

as Mrs. Topper

The Wizard of Oz

1939 • as Glinda

★ 7.6

Sergeant Rutledge

1960 • as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

★ 7.0

Father of the Bride

1950 • as Doris Dunstan

★ 7.0

Dinner at Eight

1933 • as Millicent Jordan

★ 6.8

Irene

1940 • as Mrs. Herman Vincent

★ 6.3

Pepe

1960 • as Billie Burke

★ 6.3

Topper

1937 • as Mrs. Topper

★ 6.7

In This Our Life

1942 • as Lavinia Timberlake

★ 6.8

Topper Returns

1941 • as Mrs. Clara Topper

★ 6.4

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941 • as Daisy Stanley

★ 6.9

The Young Philadelphians

1959 • as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen

★ 7.4

That's Entertainment! III

1994 • as (archive footage)

★ 7.0

Becky Sharp

1935 • as Lady Bareacres

★ 5.6

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949 • as Mrs. Livingston Belney

★ 6.9

Parnell

1937 • as Clara Wood

★ 4.1

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.0

Remember?

1939 • as Mrs. Bronson

★ 5.8

Father's Little Dividend

1951 • as Doris Dunstan

★ 6.5

Small Town Girl

1953 • as Mrs. Livingston

★ 5.4

Bridal Suite

1939 • as Mrs. Lillian McGill

★ 5.1

Topper Takes a Trip

1938 • as Mrs. Clara Topper

★ 6.6

A Feather in Her Hat

1935 • as Julia Trent Anders

★ 6.8

She Couldn't Take It

1935 • as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke

★ 4.5

The Young in Heart

1938 • as Marmy Carleton

★ 6.6

A Bill of Divorcement

1932 • as Meg Fairfield

★ 6.2

The Bride Wore Red

1937 • as Contessa di Meina

★ 6.8

And One Was Beautiful

1940 • as Julia Lattimer

★ 6.2

Dulcy

1940 • as Eleanor Forbes

★ 5.8

Only Yesterday

1933 • as Julia Warren

★ 6.8

Eternally Yours

1939 • as Aunt Abby

★ 5.7

Everybody Sing

1938 • as Diana Bellaire

★ 4.7

We're Rich Again

1934 • as Linda Page

★ 5.8

Piccadilly Jim

1936 • as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister

★ 6.5

Christopher Strong

1933 • as Lady Elaine Strong

★ 5.8

Three Husbands

1950 • as Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker

★ 5.1

Gildersleeve on Broadway

1943 • as Mrs. Laura Chandler

★ 5.8

Society Doctor

1935 • as Mrs. Crane

★ 6.3

Glorifying the American Girl

1929 • as Self (uncredited)

★ 5.3

Merrily We Live

1938 • as Mrs. Emily Kilbourne

★ 6.9

Zenobia

1939 • as Mrs. Tibbett

★ 4.6

What's Cookin'?

1942 • as Agatha Courtney

★ 5.5

And Baby Makes Three

1949 • as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher

★ 4.1

Doubting Thomas

1935 • as Paula Brown

★ 7.0

The Ghost Comes Home

1940 • as Cora Adams

★ 5.0

Hullabaloo

1940 • as Penny Merriweather

★ 4.0

Navy Blue and Gold

1937 • as Mrs. Alyce Gates

★ 5.4

Forsaking All Others

1934 • as Aunt Paula

★ 5.9

So's Your Uncle

1943 • as Aunt Minerva

★ 5.0

Craig's Wife

1936 • as Mrs. Frazier

★ 6.3

movie

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 • as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Where Sinners Meet

1934 • as Eustasia

★ 3.2

Hi Diddle Diddle

1943 • as Mrs. Prescott

★ 6.4

Finishing School

1934 • as Mrs. Radcliffe

★ 6.0

After Office Hours

1935 • as Mrs. Norwood

★ 6.4

They All Kissed the Bride

1942 • as Mrs. Drew

★ 5.8

Swing Out, Sister

1945 • as Jessica Mariman

★ 3.7

One Night In Lisbon

1941 • as Catherine Enfilden

The Cheaters

1945 • as Clara Pidgeon

★ 6.0

Girl Trouble

1942 • as Celeste Rowland

★ 6.5

The Wild Man of Borneo

1941 • as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper

★ 6.5

Splendor

1935 • as Clarissa

★ 6.3

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

1990 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 8.3

You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith

1943 • as Aunt Harriet Crandall

★ 3.5

Peggy

1916 • as Peggy Cameron

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

2000 • as Glinda (archive footage)

★ 8.7

Breakfast in Hollywood

1946 • as Mrs. Frances Cartwright

★ 5.0

The Captain is a Lady

1940 • as Blossy Stort

★ 6.0

The Land of Promise

1917 • as Nora Marsh

movie

Oz

• as Self / Glinda the Good Witch (archive footage)

The Golden Twenties

1950 • as Self (archive footage)

The Bachelor's Daughters

1946 • as Molly Burns

★ 6.2

My American Wife

1936 • as Mrs. Robert Cantillon

The Boy From Indiana

1950 • as Zelda Bagley

movie

Sadie Love

1919 • as Sadie Love

movie

Billie Gets Her Man

1948 • as Billie Baxter

movie

Away Goes Prudence

1920 • as Prudence Thorne

movie

The Education of Elizabeth

1921 • as Elizabeth Banks

The Make-Believe Wife

1918 • as Phyllis Ashbrook

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson

1920 • as Belle Johnson

Gloria's Romance

1916 • as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)

★ 6.0

Arms and the Girl

1917 • as Ruth Sherwood

In Pursuit of Polly

1918 • as Polly Marsden

★ 7.5

movie

The Mysterious Miss Terry

1917 • as Mavis Terry

Let's Get a Divorce

1918 • as Mme. Cyprienne Marcey

The Star Wagon

1957 • as Mrs. Rutledge

Eve's Daughter

1918 • as Irene Simpson-Bates

movie

Good Gracious, Annabelle

1919 • as Annabelle Leigh

The Misleading Widow

1919 • as Betty Taradine

Ziegfeld on Film

2004 • as Herself (archive footage)

★ 5.7

Wanted: A Husband

1919 • as Amanda Darcy Cole