Billie Burke

Also known as Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke, Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld

American stage and film actress (1884-1970)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1885
Died: 1970
Works: 10

Top works

Ziegfeld follies
With powder on my nose
With a Feather on My Nose
The intimate strangers
Jerry

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Film & TV

Acting · 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…

Known for

Ziegfeld on Film — Herself (archive footage)2004
The Dark Side of the Rainbow — Glinda (archive footage)2000
That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage)1994
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic — Self (archive footage)1990
Bob Hope's World of Comedy — Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Article

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American character actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is perhaps best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film musical The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Burke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live (1938). She had appearances in the Topper film series.