
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

Girl Trouble (1942)
as Celeste Rowland

Society Doctor (1935)
as Mrs. Crane

Zenobia (1939)
as Mrs. Tibbett

The Cheaters (1945)
as Clara Pidgeon

Parnell (1937)
as Clara Wood

Father of the Bride (1950)
as Doris Dunstan

Father's Little Dividend (1951)
as Doris Dunstan

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

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

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

Merrily We Live (1938)
as Mrs. Emily Kilbourne

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

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (2025)
as Glinda (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Dinner at Eight (1933)
as Millicent Jordan

Small Town Girl (1953)
as Mrs. Livingston

The Boy From Indiana (1950)
as Zelda Bagley

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

Topper Returns (1941)
as Mrs. Clara Topper
Sadie Love (1919)
as Sadie Love

The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
as Cora Adams

Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
as Mrs. Frances Cartwright

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

Topper (1937)
as Mrs. Topper

A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
as Meg Fairfield

Only Yesterday (1933)
as Julia Warren

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

Pepe (1960)
as Billie Burke

Forsaking All Others (1934)
as Aunt Paula

Finishing School (1934)
as Mrs. Radcliffe

The Bachelor's Daughters (1946)
as Molly Burns

My American Wife (1936)
as Mrs. Robert Cantillon

Irene (1940)
as Mrs. Herman Vincent

Craig's Wife (1936)
as Mrs. Frazier

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

Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
as Self (uncredited)

Becky Sharp (1935)
as Lady Bareacres

The Bride Wore Red (1937)
as Contessa di Meina

One Night In Lisbon (1941)
as Catherine Enfilden

So's Your Uncle (1943)
as Aunt Minerva

Eternally Yours (1939)
as Aunt Abby

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

Wanted: A Husband (1919)
as Amanda Darcy Cole

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

The Star Wagon (1957)
as Mrs. Rutledge

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

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

In This Our Life (1942)
as Lavinia Timberlake

Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
as Mrs. Laura Chandler

Three Husbands (1950)
as Jenny Bard Whittaker

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

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

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

Christopher Strong (1933)
as Lady Elaine Strong

Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
as Mrs. Prescott

After Office Hours (1935)
as Mrs. Norwood

Ziegfeld on Film (2004)
as Herself (archive footage)
Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919)
as Annabelle Leigh

Bridal Suite (1939)
as Mrs. Lillian McGill

Splendor (1935)
as Clarissa

And One Was Beautiful (1940)
as Julia Lattimer

We're Rich Again (1934)
as Linda Page

Swing Out, Sister (1945)
as Jessica Mariman

Doubting Thomas (1935)
as Paula Brown

Arms and the Girl (1917)
as Ruth Sherwood

Peggy (1916)
as Peggy Cameron

Remember? (1939)
as Mrs. Bronson

Where Sinners Meet (1934)
as Eustasia
Oz (—)
as Self / Glinda the Good Witch (archive footage)

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

The Captain is a Lady (1940)
as Blossy Stort

In Pursuit of Polly (1918)
as Polly Marsden

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

Hullabaloo (1940)
as Penny Merriweather

Dulcy (1940)
as Eleanor Forbes

The Land of Promise (1917)
as Nora Marsh

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

The Misleading Widow (1919)
as Betty Taradine

Everybody Sing (1938)
as Diana Bellaire

The Young in Heart (1938)
as Marmy Carleton
Billie Gets Her Man (1948)
as Billie Baxter
The Education of Elizabeth (1921)
as Elizabeth Banks

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

The Make-Believe Wife (1918)
as Phyllis Ashbrook

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

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

Gloria's Romance (1916)
as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)
The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917)
as Mavis Terry
Away Goes Prudence (1920)
as Prudence Thorne

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)
as Belle Johnson





