Billie Burke

Billie Burke

  • Birthday: 1884-08-05
  • Deathday: 1970-05-15
  • Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  • Also know as: Mary William Ethelbert Appleton 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.

Filmography

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson

1920

As Belle Johnson

So's Your Uncle

1943

As Aunt Minerva

Arms and the Girl

1917

As Ruth Sherwood

Let's Get a Divorce

1918

As Mme. Cyprienne Marcey

Peggy

1916

As Peggy Cameron

Gloria's Romance

1916

As Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)

The Misleading Widow

1919

As Betty Taradine

Billie Gets Her Man

1948

As Billie Baxter

The Mysterious Miss Terry

1917

As Mavis Terry

The Land of Promise

1917

As Nora Marsh

Eve's Daughter

1918

As Irene Simpson-Bates

In Pursuit of Polly

1918

As Polly Marsden

The Make-Believe Wife

1918

As Phyllis Ashbrook

Good Gracious, Annabelle

1919

As Annabelle Leigh

Sadie Love

1919

As Sadie Love

Away Goes Prudence

1920

As Prudence Thorne

The Education of Elizabeth

1921

As Elizabeth Banks

A Bill of Divorcement

1932

As Meg Fairfield

Gildersleeve on Broadway

1943

As Mrs. Laura Chandler

The Ghost Comes Home

1940

As Cora Adams

The Cheaters

1945

As Clara Pidgeon

Finishing School

1934

As Mrs. Helen Radcliffe

Doubting Thomas

1935

As Paula Brown

We're Rich Again

1934

As Mrs. Linda Page

Swing Out, Sister

1945

As Jessica Mariman

Christopher Strong

1933

As Lady Elaine Strong

Topper Takes a Trip

1938

As Mrs. Clara Topper

Eternally Yours

1939

As Aunt Abby

Craig's Wife

1936

As Mrs. Frazier

Zenobia

1939

As Mrs. Tibbett

The Wild Man of Borneo

1941

As Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper

Girl Trouble

1942

As Celeste Rowland

Where Sinners Meet

1934

As Eustasia

The Boy From Indiana

1950

As Zelda Bagley

You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith

1943

As Aunt Harriet Crandall

Topper

1937

As Mrs. Topper

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

As Mme Livingston Belney

Sergeant Rutledge

1960

As Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

They All Kissed the Bride

1942

As Mrs. Drew

Becky Sharp

1935

As Lady Bareacres

The Young in Heart

1938

As Marmy Carleton

Topper Returns

1941

As Mrs. Clara Topper

After Office Hours

1935

As Mrs. Norwood

Merrily We Live

1938

As Mrs. Emily Kilbourne

The Bride Wore Red

1937

As Contessa di Meina

Only Yesterday

1933

As Julia Warren

And One Was Beautiful

1940

As Julia Lattimer

Society Doctor

1935

As Mrs. Crane

Navy Blue and Gold

1937

As Mrs. Alyce Gates

My American Wife

1936

As Mrs. Robert Cantillon

Hullabaloo

1940

As Penny Merriweather

Remember?

1939

As Mrs. Bronson

A Feather in Her Hat

1935

As Julia Trent Anders

She Couldn't Take It

1935

As Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke

Bridal Suite

1939

As Mrs. Lillian McGill

Splendor

1935

As Clarissa

One Night In Lisbon

1941

As Catherine Enfilden

Father of the Bride

1950

As Doris Dunstan

Father's Little Dividend

1951

As Doris Dunstan

Everybody Sing

1938

As Diana Bellaire

Hi Diddle Diddle

1943

As Mrs. Prescott

Forsaking All Others

1934

As Aunt Paula

Piccadilly Jim

1936

As Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister

Dulcy

1940

As Eleanor Forbes

And Baby Makes Three

1949

As Mrs. Marvin Fletcher

The Bachelor's Daughters

1946

As Molly Burns

Ziegfeld on Film

2004

As Herself (archive footage)

The Captain Is a Lady

1940

As Blossy Stort

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

As Daisy Stanley

The Young Philadelphians

1959

As Mrs. J. Arthur Allen

Irene

1940

As Mrs. Herman Vincent

Breakfast in Hollywood

1946

As Mrs. Frances Cartwright

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

2000

As Glinda (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

As Self (archive footage)

The Wizard of Oz

1939

As Glinda the Good Witch of the North

In This Our Life

1942

As Lavinia Timberlake

Small Town Girl

1953

As Mrs. Livingston

Parnell

1937

As Clara Wood

Dinner at Eight

1933

As Millicent Jordan

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

1990

As Self (archive footage)

Three Husbands

1950

As Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker

The Golden Twenties

1950

As Self (archive footage)

What's Cookin'?

1942

As Agatha Courtney

Glorifying the American Girl

1929

As Self (uncredited)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

As Millicent Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited)

That's Entertainment! III

1994

As (archive footage)

Pepe

1960

As Billie Burke

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