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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billie Burke,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Glinda

The Wizard of Oz

Doris Dunstan

Father of the Bride

Doris Dunstan

Father's Little Dividend

Mrs. Topper

Topper

Daisy Stanley

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Mavis Terry

The Mysterious Miss Terry

Nora Marsh

The Land of Promise

Irene Simpson-Bates

Eve's Daughter

Polly Marsden

In Pursuit of Polly

Phyllis Ashbrook

The Make-Believe Wife

Annabelle Leigh

Good Gracious, Annabelle

Sadie Love

Sadie Love

Prudence Thorne

Away Goes Prudence

Elizabeth Banks

The Education of Elizabeth

Mme Livingston Belney

The Barkleys of Broadway

Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

Sergeant Rutledge

Mrs. J. Arthur Allen

The Young Philadelphians

Diana Bellaire

Everybody Sing

Lavinia Timberlake

In This Our Life

Mrs. Drew

They All Kissed the Bride

Marmy Carleton

The Young in Heart

Lady Elaine Strong

Christopher Strong

Lady Bareacres

Becky Sharp

Mrs. Clara Topper

Topper Returns

Millicent Jordan

Dinner at Eight

Mrs. Norwood

After Office Hours

Meg Fairfield

A Bill of Divorcement

Billie Burke

Pepe

Mrs. Laura Chandler

Gildersleeve on Broadway

Mrs. Clara Topper

Topper Takes a Trip

Mrs. Prescott

Hi Diddle Diddle

Aunt Abby

Eternally Yours

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Mrs. Frazier

Craig's Wife

Aunt Paula

Forsaking All Others

Cora Adams

The Ghost Comes Home

Mrs. Herman Vincent

Irene

Mrs. Emily Kilbourne

Merrily We Live

Mrs. Tibbett

Zenobia

Mrs. Livingston

Small Town Girl

Contessa di Meina

The Bride Wore Red

Julia Warren

Only Yesterday

Mrs. Crane

Society Doctor

Mrs. Alyce Gates

Navy Blue and Gold

Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister

Piccadilly Jim

Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper

The Wild Man of Borneo

Eleanor Forbes

Dulcy

Julia Lattimer

And One Was Beautiful

Clara Pidgeon

The Cheaters

Mrs. Marvin Fletcher

And Baby Makes Three

Mrs. Robert Cantillon

My American Wife

Mrs. Radcliffe

Finishing School

Paula Brown

Doubting Thomas

Penny Merriweather

Hullabaloo

Mrs. Bronson

Remember?

Mrs. Linda Page

We're Rich Again

Jessica Mariman

Swing Out, Sister

Molly Burns

The Bachelor's Daughters

Julia Trent Anders

A Feather in Her Hat

Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke

She Couldn't Take It

Clara Wood

Parnell

Millicent Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Mrs. Lillian McGill

Bridal Suite

Clarissa

Splendor

Self (archive footage)

The Golden Twenties

Celeste Rowland

Girl Trouble

Eustasia

Where Sinners Meet

Herself (archive footage)

Ziegfeld on Film

Mrs. Frances Cartwright

Breakfast in Hollywood

Agatha Courtney

What's Cookin'?

Catherine Enfilden

One Night In Lisbon

Blossy Stort

The Captain Is a Lady

Glinda (archive footage)

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

(archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

Zelda Bagley

The Boy From Indiana

Belle Johnson

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson

Aunt Minerva

So's Your Uncle

Aunt Harriet Crandall

You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith

Ruth Sherwood

Arms and the Girl

Mme. Cyprienne Marcey

Let's Get a Divorce

Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker

Three Husbands

Peggy Cameron

Peggy

Self (archive footage)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)

Gloria's Romance

Self (uncredited)

Glorifying the American Girl

Betty Taradine

The Misleading Widow

Billie Baxter

Billie Gets Her Man

Glinda the Good Witch of the North (archive footage)

The Dark Side of Oz

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

88

Gender

Female

Birthday

1884-08-05

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Also Known As

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke