For other people named Mary Burke, see Mary Burke (disambiguation).
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Billie Burke
Burke in 1933
Born
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke
(1884-08-07)August 7, 1884
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died
May 14, 1970(1970-05-14) (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place
Kensico Cemetery
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1903–1960
Known for
Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz
Spouse
Florenz Ziegfeld
(m. 1914; died 1932)
Children
Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson
Signature
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie musical The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Burke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live (1938). She is also remembered for her appearances in the Topper film series. Her unmistakable high-pitched, quivering and aristocratic voice,[citation needed] made her a frequent choice to play dimwitted or spoiled society types.
She was married to Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. from 1914 until his death in 1932.
New York City in 1916 to Florenz Ziegfeld, a Broadway impresario, and BillieBurke, an actress best known for playing Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard...
stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, BillieBurke and Margaret Hamilton. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan...
The BillieBurke Show was an old-time radio situation comedy in the United States. It was broadcast on CBS April 3, 1943 - September 21, 1946. Actress...
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Wiz in which Glinda (played by Lena Horne) and the original (played by BillieBurke) is responsible for the twister that brings Dorothy's house to Oz and...
Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld Jr., Luise Rainer as Anna Held, and Myrna Loy as BillieBurke. The film, shot at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Culver City, California...
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is a sequel to the 1937 film Topper. Constance Bennett, Roland Young, BillieBurke, and Alan Mowbray reprised their roles from the earlier film; only Cary...
other Ziegfeld productions. After Ziegfeld's death his widow, actress BillieBurke, authorized use of his name for Ziegfeld Follies in 1934 and 1936 to...
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into trouble because of his ability to see and speak with ghosts, and BillieBurke plays his wife, who is constantly befuddled by his strange antics. The...
Chains (1912) The Amazons (1913) (with BillieBurke) The Land of Promise (1913) (with BillieBurke) (*filmed by Burke and Thomas Meighan in 1917 as The Land...
Robert Alton and Hermes Pan. Also featured in the cast were Oscar Levant, BillieBurke, Jacques François and Gale Robbins. It is the last film that Astaire...
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