Billie Burke

from Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Artwork for The Wizard of OzImage of 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.

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Timeline

2004Aged 120

  • Poster for Ziegfeld on Film

    Herself (archive footage)

2000Aged 116

  • Poster for The Dark Side of the Rainbow

    Glinda (archive footage)

1994Aged 110

  • Poster for That's Entertainment! III

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990Aged 106

  • Poster for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

    Self (archive footage)

1972Aged 88

  • Poster for Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)

1960Aged 76

  • Poster for Sergeant Rutledge

    Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

  • Poster for Pepe

    Billie Burke

1959Aged 75

  • Poster for The Young Philadelphians

    Mrs. J. Arthur Allen

1957Aged 73

  • Poster for The Star Wagon

    Mrs. Rutledge

1953Aged 69

  • Poster for Small Town Girl

    Mrs. Livingston

1951Aged 67

  • Poster for Father's Little Dividend

    Doris Dunstan

1950Aged 66

  • Poster for The Boy From Indiana

    Zelda Bagley

  • Poster for The Golden Twenties

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Father of the Bride

    Doris Dunstan

  • Poster for Three Husbands

    Jenny Bard Whittaker

1949Aged 65

  • Poster for The Barkleys of Broadway

    Mrs. Livingston Belney

  • Poster for And Baby Makes Three

    Mrs. Marvin Fletcher

1948Aged 64

1946Aged 62

  • Poster for Breakfast in Hollywood

    Mrs. Frances Cartwright

  • Poster for The Bachelor's Daughters

    Molly Burns

1945Aged 61

  • Poster for Swing Out, Sister

    Jessica Mariman

  • Poster for The Cheaters

    Clara Pidgeon

1943Aged 59

  • Poster for Hi Diddle Diddle

    Mrs. Prescott

  • Poster for So's Your Uncle

    Aunt Minerva

  • Poster for You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith

    Aunt Harriet Crandall

  • Poster for Gildersleeve on Broadway

    Mrs. Laura Chandler

1942Aged 58

  • Poster for What's Cookin'?

    Agatha Courtney

  • Poster for In This Our Life

    Lavinia Timberlake

  • Poster for They All Kissed the Bride

    Mrs. Drew

  • Poster for Girl Trouble

    Celeste Rowland

1941Aged 57

  • Poster for The Wild Man of Borneo

    Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper

  • Poster for Topper Returns

    Mrs. Clara Topper

  • Poster for One Night In Lisbon

    Catherine Enfilden

  • Poster for The Man Who Came to Dinner

    Daisy Stanley

1940Aged 56

  • Poster for The Ghost Comes Home

    Cora Adams

  • Poster for And One Was Beautiful

    Julia Lattimer

  • Poster for Irene

    Mrs. Herman Vincent

  • Poster for The Captain is a Lady

    Blossy Stort

  • Poster for Dulcy

    Eleanor Forbes

  • Poster for Hullabaloo

    Penny Merriweather

1939Aged 55

  • Poster for Zenobia

    Mrs. Tibbett

  • Poster for Bridal Suite

    Mrs. Lillian McGill

  • Poster for The Wizard of Oz

    Glinda

  • Poster for Eternally Yours

    Aunt Abby

  • Poster for Remember?

    Mrs. Bronson

1938Aged 54

  • Poster for Everybody Sing

    Diana Bellaire

  • Poster for Merrily We Live

    Mrs. Emily Kilbourne

  • Poster for The Young in Heart

    Marmy Carleton

  • Poster for Topper Takes a Trip

    Mrs. Clara Topper

1937Aged 53

  • Poster for Parnell

    Clara Wood

  • Poster for Topper

    Mrs. Topper

  • Poster for The Bride Wore Red

    Contessa di Meina

  • Poster for Navy Blue and Gold

    Mrs. Alyce Gates

1936Aged 52

  • Poster for My American Wife

    Mrs. Robert Cantillon

  • Poster for Piccadilly Jim

    Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister

  • Poster for Craig's Wife

    Mrs. Frazier

1935Aged 51

  • Poster for Society Doctor

    Mrs. Crane

  • Poster for After Office Hours

    Mrs. Norwood

  • Poster for Becky Sharp

    Lady Bareacres

  • Poster for Doubting Thomas

    Paula Brown

  • Poster for She Couldn't Take It

    Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke

  • Poster for A Feather in Her Hat

    Julia Trent Anders

  • Poster for Splendor

    Clarissa

1934Aged 50

  • Poster for Finishing School

    Mrs. Radcliffe

  • Poster for Where Sinners Meet

    Eustasia

  • Poster for We're Rich Again

    Linda Page

  • Poster for Forsaking All Others

    Aunt Paula

1933Aged 49

  • Poster for Christopher Strong

    Lady Elaine Strong

  • Poster for Only Yesterday

    Julia Warren

  • Poster for Dinner at Eight

    Millicent Jordan

1932Aged 48

  • Poster for A Bill of Divorcement

    Meg Fairfield

1929Aged 45

  • Poster for Glorifying the American Girl

    Self (uncredited)

1921Aged 37

1920Aged 36

1919Aged 35

1918Aged 34

  • Poster for Eve's Daughter

    Irene Simpson-Bates

  • Poster for Let's Get a Divorce

    Mme. Cyprienne Marcey

  • Poster for In Pursuit of Polly

    Polly Marsden

  • Poster for The Make-Believe Wife

    Phyllis Ashbrook

1917Aged 33

1916Aged 32

  • Poster for Peggy

    Peggy Cameron

  • Poster for Gloria's Romance

    Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)

Year unknown

  • Oz

    Self / Glinda the Good Witch (archive footage)

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