
Billie Burke
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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
Credits

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
as Glinda

Father of the Bride (1950)
as Doris Dunstan

Dinner at Eight (1933)
as Millicent Jordan

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

Father's Little Dividend (1951)
as Doris Dunstan

Topper (1937)
as Mrs. Topper

That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

In This Our Life (1942)
as Lavinia Timberlake

The Young Philadelphians (1959)
as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
as Daisy Stanley

Topper Returns (1941)
as Mrs. Clara Topper

The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper

The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
as Mrs. Livingston Belney

Girl Trouble (1942)
as Celeste Rowland

The Cheaters (1945)
as Clara Pidgeon

Zenobia (1939)
as Mrs. Tibbett
Sadie Love (1919)
as Sadie Love

Merrily We Live (1938)
as Mrs. Emily Kilbourne

They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
as Mrs. Drew

Parnell (1937)
as Clara Wood

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
as Self (archive footage)

Society Doctor (1935)
as Mrs. Crane
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Pepe (1960)
as Billie Burke

Forsaking All Others (1934)
as Aunt Paula

Finishing School (1934)
as Mrs. Radcliffe

Small Town Girl (1953)
as Mrs. Livingston

Christopher Strong (1933)
as Lady Elaine Strong

Only Yesterday (1933)
as Julia Warren

A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
as Meg Fairfield

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)

Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
as Mrs. Clara Topper

Becky Sharp (1935)
as Lady Bareacres

The Young in Heart (1938)
as Marmy Carleton

The Bride Wore Red (1937)
as Contessa di Meina

Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
as Mrs. Alyce Gates

Three Husbands (1950)
as Jenny Bard Whittaker

Craig's Wife (1936)
as Mrs. Frazier

After Office Hours (1935)
as Mrs. Norwood

The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)
as Glinda (archive footage)

So's Your Uncle (1943)
as Aunt Minerva

Eternally Yours (1939)
as Aunt Abby

Everybody Sing (1938)
as Diana Bellaire

The Boy From Indiana (1950)
as Zelda Bagley

Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
as Mrs. Frances Cartwright

We're Rich Again (1934)
as Linda Page

Splendor (1935)
as Clarissa

Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
as Mrs. Prescott

What's Cookin'? (1942)
as Agatha Courtney

Irene (1940)
as Mrs. Herman Vincent

The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
as Cora Adams

My American Wife (1936)
as Mrs. Robert Cantillon

She Couldn't Take It (1935)
as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke

The Bachelor's Daughters (1946)
as Molly Burns

Arms and the Girl (1917)
as Ruth Sherwood

Hullabaloo (1940)
as Penny Merriweather

Bridal Suite (1939)
as Mrs. Lillian McGill

Piccadilly Jim (1936)
as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister

Where Sinners Meet (1934)
as Eustasia

And Baby Makes Three (1949)
as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher

Doubting Thomas (1935)
as Paula Brown

Wanted: A Husband (1919)
as Amanda Darcy Cole

Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
as Self (uncredited)
Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919)
as Annabelle Leigh

One Night In Lisbon (1941)
as Catherine Enfilden

And One Was Beautiful (1940)
as Julia Lattimer

A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
as Julia Trent Anders

Swing Out, Sister (1945)
as Jessica Mariman

The Golden Twenties (1950)
as Self (archive footage)

Remember? (1939)
as Mrs. Bronson

The Land of Promise (1917)
as Nora Marsh

Dulcy (1940)
as Eleanor Forbes

Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
as Mrs. Laura Chandler

Gloria's Romance (1916)
as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)
Away Goes Prudence (1920)
as Prudence Thorne

You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)
as Aunt Harriet Crandall

Peggy (1916)
as Peggy Cameron
Oz (—)
as Self / Glinda the Good Witch (archive footage)

The Captain is a Lady (1940)
as Blossy Stort

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (2025)
as Glinda (archive footage)
Billie Gets Her Man (1948)
as Billie Baxter

The Misleading Widow (1919)
as Betty Taradine
The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917)
as Mavis Terry

In Pursuit of Polly (1918)
as Polly Marsden

The Make-Believe Wife (1918)
as Phyllis Ashbrook

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)
as Belle Johnson
The Education of Elizabeth (1921)
as Elizabeth Banks

Eve's Daughter (1918)
as Irene Simpson-Bates

The Star Wagon (1957)
as Mrs. Rutledge

Ziegfeld on Film (2004)
as Herself (archive footage)

Let's Get a Divorce (1918)
as Mme. Cyprienne Marcey





