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

89 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.1

movie

Known For

The Wizard of Oz

1939

as Glinda

Dinner at Eight

1933

as Millicent Jordan

Father of the Bride

1950

as Doris Dunstan

Topper

1937

as Mrs. Topper

Sergeant Rutledge

1960

as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

as Daisy Stanley

The Wizard of Oz

1939 • as Glinda

★ 7.6

Father's Little Dividend

1951 • as Doris Dunstan

★ 6.5

Dinner at Eight

1933 • as Millicent Jordan

★ 6.8

Father of the Bride

1950 • as Doris Dunstan

★ 7.0

The Young Philadelphians

1959 • as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen

★ 7.4

In This Our Life

1942 • as Lavinia Timberlake

★ 6.9

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949 • as Mrs. Livingston Belney

★ 6.9

Topper

1937 • as Mrs. Topper

★ 6.7

Sergeant Rutledge

1960 • as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

★ 7.0

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941 • as Daisy Stanley

★ 7.1

Finishing School

1934 • as Mrs. Radcliffe

★ 6.2

Topper Returns

1941 • as Mrs. Clara Topper

★ 6.5

That's Entertainment! III

1994 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.1

Navy Blue and Gold

1937 • as Mrs. Alyce Gates

★ 5.7

Glorifying the American Girl

1929 • as Self (uncredited)

★ 5.6

A Bill of Divorcement

1932 • as Meg Fairfield

★ 6.4

Becky Sharp

1935 • as Lady Bareacres

★ 5.7

Society Doctor

1935 • as Mrs. Crane

★ 7.2

The Ghost Comes Home

1940 • as Cora Adams

★ 5.7

The Cheaters

1945 • as Clara Pidgeon

★ 6.2

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

1990 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 8.3

And Baby Makes Three

1949 • as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher

★ 5.1

Pepe

1960 • as Billie Burke

★ 6.4

My American Wife

1936 • as Mrs. Robert Cantillon

★ 7.5

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

2000 • as Glinda (archive footage)

★ 8.7

Girl Trouble

1942 • as Celeste Rowland

★ 7.5

They All Kissed the Bride

1942 • as Mrs. Drew

★ 5.9

Topper Takes a Trip

1938 • as Mrs. Clara Topper

★ 6.6

Forsaking All Others

1934 • as Aunt Paula

★ 6.0

The Young in Heart

1938 • as Marmy Carleton

★ 6.7

Eternally Yours

1939 • as Aunt Abby

★ 5.9

You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith

1943 • as Aunt Harriet Crandall

★ 3.5

The Bachelor's Daughters

1946 • as Molly Burns

★ 6.5

Small Town Girl

1953 • as Mrs. Livingston

★ 5.6

movie

Sadie Love

1919 • as Sadie Love

★ 9.0

Merrily We Live

1938 • as Mrs. Emily Kilbourne

★ 7.0

She Couldn't Take It

1935 • as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke

★ 5.3

The Captain is a Lady

1940 • as Blossy Stort

★ 7.5

The Boy From Indiana

1950 • as Zelda Bagley

★ 9.0

After Office Hours

1935 • as Mrs. Norwood

★ 6.5

Craig's Wife

1936 • as Mrs. Frazier

★ 6.5

So's Your Uncle

1943 • as Aunt Minerva

★ 6.0

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson

1920 • as Belle Johnson

★ 10.0

The Bride Wore Red

1937 • as Contessa di Meina

★ 6.7

A Feather in Her Hat

1935 • as Julia Trent Anders

★ 7.0

The Wild Man of Borneo

1941 • as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper

★ 6.7

movie

The Mysterious Miss Terry

1917 • as Mavis Terry

Zenobia

1939 • as Mrs. Tibbett

★ 5.0

Parnell

1937 • as Clara Wood

★ 4.6

We're Rich Again

1934 • as Linda Page

★ 6.2

Christopher Strong

1933 • as Lady Elaine Strong

★ 5.9

One Night In Lisbon

1941 • as Catherine Enfilden

★ 7.0

Doubting Thomas

1935 • as Paula Brown

★ 7.5

And One Was Beautiful

1940 • as Julia Lattimer

★ 6.7

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.4

Breakfast in Hollywood

1946 • as Mrs. Frances Cartwright

★ 6.0

Piccadilly Jim

1936 • as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister

★ 6.8

The Land of Promise

1917 • as Nora Marsh

What's Cookin'?

1942 • as Agatha Courtney

★ 7.0

Irene

1940 • as Mrs. Herman Vincent

★ 6.5

Everybody Sing

1938 • as Diana Bellaire

★ 5.0

Bridal Suite

1939 • as Mrs. Lillian McGill

★ 5.4

movie

Good Gracious, Annabelle

1919 • as Annabelle Leigh

★ 7.0

Eve's Daughter

1918 • as Irene Simpson-Bates

Hi Diddle Diddle

1943 • as Mrs. Prescott

★ 6.6

movie

The Education of Elizabeth

1921 • as Elizabeth Banks

★ 8.0

Swing Out, Sister

1945 • as Jessica Mariman

★ 4.5

Let's Get a Divorce

1918 • as Mme. Cyprienne Marcey

movie

Billie Gets Her Man

1948 • as Billie Baxter

★ 8.0

Arms and the Girl

1917 • as Ruth Sherwood

In Pursuit of Polly

1918 • as Polly Marsden

★ 7.5

Three Husbands

1950 • as Jenny Bard Whittaker

★ 5.4

Wanted: A Husband

1919 • as Amanda Darcy Cole

★ 10.0

The Make-Believe Wife

1918 • as Phyllis Ashbrook

Gildersleeve on Broadway

1943 • as Mrs. Laura Chandler

★ 7.1

Dulcy

1940 • as Eleanor Forbes

★ 6.4

Only Yesterday

1933 • as Julia Warren

★ 7.1

Hullabaloo

1940 • as Penny Merriweather

★ 6.5

Peggy

1916 • as Peggy Cameron

Where Sinners Meet

1934 • as Eustasia

★ 4.4

Remember?

1939 • as Mrs. Bronson

★ 6.0

The Star Wagon

1957 • as Mrs. Rutledge

The Misleading Widow

1919 • as Betty Taradine

★ 8.0

movie

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

The Golden Twenties

1950 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.0

movie

Away Goes Prudence

1920 • as Prudence Thorne

★ 10.0

Splendor

1935 • as Clarissa

★ 6.7

Gloria's Romance

1916 • as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)

★ 6.0

Ziegfeld on Film

2004 • as Herself (archive footage)

★ 5.7

Billie Burke

Known For

The Wizard of Oz

Dinner at Eight

Father of the Bride

Topper

Sergeant Rutledge

The Man Who Came to Dinner

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