Billie Burke
Department: Acting
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
The Wizard of Oz
1939
Father of the Bride
1950
Father's Little Dividend
1951
Topper
1937
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
The Mysterious Miss Terry
1917
The Land of Promise
1917
The Make-Believe Wife
1918
Eve's Daughter
1918
In Pursuit of Polly
1918
Sadie Love
1919
Good Gracious, Annabelle
1919
The Education of Elizabeth
1921
Away Goes Prudence
1920
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
The Young Philadelphians
1959
Everybody Sing
1938
In This Our Life
1942
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
Christopher Strong
1933
The Young in Heart
1938
Becky Sharp
1935
Topper Returns
1941
Dinner at Eight
1933
After Office Hours
1935
A Bill of Divorcement
1932
Pepe
1960
Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943
Topper Takes a Trip
1938
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943
Eternally Yours
1939
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Craig's Wife
1936
Forsaking All Others
1934
The Ghost Comes Home
1940
Irene
1940
Zenobia
1939
Merrily We Live
1938
Small Town Girl
1953
The Bride Wore Red
1937
Only Yesterday
1933
Society Doctor
1935
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
Piccadilly Jim
1936
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941
Dulcy
1940
And One Was Beautiful
1940
The Cheaters
1945
And Baby Makes Three
1949
My American Wife
1936
Finishing School
1934
Doubting Thomas
1935
Hullabaloo
1940
Remember?
1939
We're Rich Again
1934
Swing Out, Sister
1945
The Bachelor's Daughters
1946
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
Parnell
1937
She Couldn't Take It
1935
Bridal Suite
1939
Splendor
1935
The Golden Twenties
1950
Girl Trouble
1942
Where Sinners Meet
1934
Ziegfeld on Film
2004
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946
What's Cookin'?
1942
One Night In Lisbon
1941
The Captain is a Lady
1940
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
2000
That's Entertainment! III
1994
The Boy From Indiana
1950
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
1920
So's Your Uncle
1943
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
1943
Arms and the Girl
1917
Let's Get a Divorce
1918
Three Husbands
1950
Peggy
1916
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990
Gloria's Romance
1916
Glorifying the American Girl
1929
The Misleading Widow
1919
Billie Gets Her Man
1948
The Star Wagon
1957
Wanted: A Husband
1919
Oz
—
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Matinee Theater
1955
Lights Out
1949
Doc Corkle
1952