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

91 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.5

movie

Known For

The Wizard of Oz

1939

as Glinda

Father of the Bride

1950

as Doris Dunstan

Sergeant Rutledge

1960

as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

Topper

1937

as Mrs. Topper

Dinner at Eight

1933

as Millicent Jordan

The Wizard of Oz

1939 • as Glinda

★ 7.6

Finishing School

1934 • as Mrs. Radcliffe

★ 6.2

Father of the Bride

1950 • as Doris Dunstan

★ 7.0

Topper Returns

1941 • as Mrs. Clara Topper

★ 6.4

Zenobia

1939 • as Mrs. Tibbett

★ 4.9

Sergeant Rutledge

1960 • as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

★ 7.0

Topper

1937 • as Mrs. Topper

★ 6.7

In This Our Life

1942 • as Lavinia Timberlake

★ 6.9

Father's Little Dividend

1951 • as Doris Dunstan

★ 6.5

Peggy

1916 • as Peggy Cameron

Dinner at Eight

1933 • as Millicent Jordan

★ 6.8

Pepe

1960 • as Billie Burke

★ 6.3

Everybody Sing

1938 • as Diana Bellaire

★ 5.0

Society Doctor

1935 • as Mrs. Crane

★ 7.3

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949 • as Mrs. Livingston Belney

★ 6.9

Eternally Yours

1939 • as Aunt Abby

★ 5.9

The Young Philadelphians

1959 • as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen

★ 7.4

That's Entertainment! III

1994 • as (archive footage)

★ 7.0

Remember?

1939 • as Mrs. Bronson

★ 6.0

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941 • as Daisy Stanley

★ 7.0

Irene

1940 • as Mrs. Herman Vincent

★ 6.5

Merrily We Live

1938 • as Mrs. Emily Kilbourne

★ 6.9

Parnell

1937 • as Clara Wood

★ 4.6

Becky Sharp

1935 • as Lady Bareacres

★ 5.8

And Baby Makes Three

1949 • as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher

★ 5.1

Dulcy

1940 • as Eleanor Forbes

★ 6.4

Bridal Suite

1939 • as Mrs. Lillian McGill

★ 5.4

The Bride Wore Red

1937 • as Contessa di Meina

★ 6.9

Christopher Strong

1933 • as Lady Elaine Strong

★ 5.9

They All Kissed the Bride

1942 • as Mrs. Drew

★ 5.9

She Couldn't Take It

1935 • as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke

★ 5.3

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.3

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

1990 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 8.3

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

2000 • as Glinda (archive footage)

★ 8.7

Only Yesterday

1933 • as Julia Warren

★ 7.3

Splendor

1935 • as Clarissa

★ 6.7

Craig's Wife

1936 • as Mrs. Frazier

★ 6.5

Doubting Thomas

1935 • as Paula Brown

★ 7.5

Swing Out, Sister

1945 • as Jessica Mariman

★ 4.5

Small Town Girl

1953 • as Mrs. Livingston

★ 5.6

Hi Diddle Diddle

1943 • as Mrs. Prescott

★ 6.6

Forsaking All Others

1934 • as Aunt Paula

★ 6.0

A Bill of Divorcement

1932 • as Meg Fairfield

★ 6.3

After Office Hours

1935 • as Mrs. Norwood

★ 6.5

Piccadilly Jim

1936 • as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister

★ 6.8

Navy Blue and Gold

1937 • as Mrs. Alyce Gates

★ 5.8

Hullabaloo

1940 • as Penny Merriweather

★ 6.5

The Young in Heart

1938 • as Marmy Carleton

★ 6.6

movie

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 • as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Three Husbands

1950 • as Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker

★ 5.4

The Golden Twenties

1950 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.0

movie

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

A Feather in Her Hat

1935 • as Julia Trent Anders

★ 7.0

You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith

1943 • as Aunt Harriet Crandall

★ 3.5

One Night In Lisbon

1941 • as Catherine Enfilden

★ 7.0

Gildersleeve on Broadway

1943 • as Mrs. Laura Chandler

★ 7.1

The Cheaters

1945 • as Clara Pidgeon

★ 6.2

Glorifying the American Girl

1929 • as Self (uncredited)

★ 5.6

We're Rich Again

1934 • as Linda Page

★ 6.2

The Ghost Comes Home

1940 • as Cora Adams

★ 5.7

Girl Trouble

1942 • as Celeste Rowland

★ 8.3

What's Cookin'?

1942 • as Agatha Courtney

★ 7.0

The Misleading Widow

1919 • as Betty Taradine

★ 8.0

Gloria's Romance

1916 • as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)

★ 6.0

The Boy From Indiana

1950 • as Zelda Bagley

★ 9.0

Breakfast in Hollywood

1946 • as Mrs. Frances Cartwright

★ 6.0

Where Sinners Meet

1934 • as Eustasia

★ 4.4

Topper Takes a Trip

1938 • as Mrs. Clara Topper

★ 6.6

Arms and the Girl

1917 • as Ruth Sherwood

The Bachelor's Daughters

1946 • as Molly Burns

★ 6.5

The Make-Believe Wife

1918 • as Phyllis Ashbrook

movie

Away Goes Prudence

1920 • as Prudence Thorne

★ 10.0

And One Was Beautiful

1940 • as Julia Lattimer

★ 6.7

movie

The Mysterious Miss Terry

1917 • as Mavis Terry

So's Your Uncle

1943 • as Aunt Minerva

★ 6.0

The Wild Man of Borneo

1941 • as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper

★ 6.7

The Captain is a Lady

1940 • as Blossy Stort

★ 7.5

Wanted: A Husband

1919 • as Amanda Darcy Cole

★ 10.0

Ziegfeld on Film

2004 • as Herself (archive footage)

★ 5.7

movie

Billie Gets Her Man

1948 • as Billie Baxter

★ 8.0

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson

1920 • as Belle Johnson

★ 10.0

movie

Sadie Love

1919 • as Sadie Love

★ 9.0

My American Wife

1936 • as Mrs. Robert Cantillon

★ 7.5

The Star Wagon

1957 • as Mrs. Rutledge

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere

2025 • as Glinda (archive footage)

Eve's Daughter

1918 • as Irene Simpson-Bates

The Land of Promise

1917 • as Nora Marsh

movie

The Education of Elizabeth

1921 • as Elizabeth Banks

★ 8.0

In Pursuit of Polly

1918 • as Polly Marsden

★ 7.5

movie

Good Gracious, Annabelle

1919 • as Annabelle Leigh

★ 7.0

Let's Get a Divorce

1918 • as Mme. Cyprienne Marcey

Billie Burke

Known For

The Wizard of Oz

Father of the Bride

Sergeant Rutledge

Topper

Dinner at Eight

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