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
Finishing School (1934)
as Mrs. Radcliffe
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
Becky Sharp (1935)
as Lady Bareacres
Topper (1937)
as Mrs. Topper
Small Town Girl (1953)
as Mrs. Livingston
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
as Mrs. Livingston Belney
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
as Doris Dunstan
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
as Daisy Stanley
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
Pepe (1960)
as Billie Burke
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Topper Returns (1941)
as Mrs. Clara Topper
Parnell (1937)
as Clara Wood
Three Husbands (1950)
as Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker
Irene (1940)
as Mrs. Herman Vincent
Craig's Wife (1936)
as Mrs. Frazier
Remember? (1939)
as Mrs. Bronson
Oz (—)
as Self / Glinda the Good Witch (archive footage)
Girl Trouble (1942)
as Celeste Rowland
In This Our Life (1942)
as Lavinia Timberlake
Only Yesterday (1933)
as Julia Warren
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
as Meg Fairfield
Merrily We Live (1938)
as Mrs. Emily Kilbourne
Everybody Sing (1938)
as Diana Bellaire
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Forsaking All Others (1934)
as Aunt Paula
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Eternally Yours (1939)
as Aunt Abby
What's Cookin'? (1942)
as Agatha Courtney
Hullabaloo (1940)
as Penny Merriweather
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
as Mrs. Alyce Gates
A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
as Julia Trent Anders
Christopher Strong (1933)
as Lady Elaine Strong
The Cheaters (1945)
as Clara Pidgeon
Zenobia (1939)
as Mrs. Tibbett
So's Your Uncle (1943)
as Aunt Minerva
Swing Out, Sister (1945)
as Jessica Mariman
The Education of Elizabeth (1921)
as Elizabeth Banks
Away Goes Prudence (1920)
as Prudence Thorne
Splendor (1935)
as Clarissa
Doubting Thomas (1935)
as Paula Brown
And Baby Makes Three (1949)
as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher
We're Rich Again (1934)
as Linda Page
Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
as Mrs. Clara Topper
Bridal Suite (1939)
as Mrs. Lillian McGill
The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)
as Glinda (archive footage)
Society Doctor (1935)
as Mrs. Crane
The Young in Heart (1938)
as Marmy Carleton
The Bride Wore Red (1937)
as Contessa di Meina
Dulcy (1940)
as Eleanor Forbes
The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper
And One Was Beautiful (1940)
as Julia Lattimer
Piccadilly Jim (1936)
as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
as Mrs. Drew
Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
as Mrs. Prescott
Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
as Self (uncredited)
My American Wife (1936)
as Mrs. Robert Cantillon
Sadie Love (1919)
as Sadie Love
The Golden Twenties (1950)
as Self (archive footage)
After Office Hours (1935)
as Mrs. Norwood
Where Sinners Meet (1934)
as Eustasia
The Captain is a Lady (1940)
as Blossy Stort
Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
as Mrs. Frances Cartwright
Peggy (1916)
as Peggy Cameron
Let's Get a Divorce (1918)
as Mme. Cyprienne Marcey
The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917)
as Mavis Terry
The Bachelor's Daughters (1946)
as Molly Burns
One Night In Lisbon (1941)
as Catherine Enfilden
The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
as Cora Adams
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)
as Belle Johnson
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)
as Aunt Harriet Crandall
Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919)
as Annabelle Leigh
Wanted: A Husband (1919)
as Amanda Darcy Cole
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (2025)
as Glinda (archive footage)
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 Make-Believe Wife (1918)
as Phyllis Ashbrook
Arms and the Girl (1917)
as Ruth Sherwood
In Pursuit of Polly (1918)
as Polly Marsden
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
as Mrs. Laura Chandler
The Land of Promise (1917)
as Nora Marsh
Eve's Daughter (1918)
as Irene Simpson-Bates
Ziegfeld on Film (2004)
as Herself (archive footage)
The Boy From Indiana (1950)
as Zelda Bagley
The Star Wagon (1957)
as Mrs. Rutledge