Billie Burke

Billie Burke Headshot

Actress

Birth Date: August 7, 1884

Death Date: May 14, 1970

Birth Place: Washington, D.C.

Glamorous light comedienne who, in the midst of a successful Broadway career, entered films at the behest of Thomas Ince in 1916. After a period away from films, Burke returned to features in the early 1930s in character roles. She is perhaps best known as Glinda, the Good Witch of the East, in the timeless "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). Burke enjoyed great popularity as a featured player over the next two decades, often playing dithery, aristocratic types. Married to impresario Florenz Ziegfeld from 1914 until his death in 1932.

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Días de cine clásico

Actor
Show
2018

Cine Clásico

Actor
Show
2013

Karen Sisco

Guest Star
Series
2003
95%

Sergeant RutledgeStream

Actor
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Movie
1960
91%

The Young PhiladelphiansStream

Actor
Mrs. J. Arthur Allen
Movie
1959
71%

77 Sunset Strip

Guest Star
Mavis Matthews Conway
Series
1958

Texaco Command Performance

Self
Show
1957

Arsenic and Old Lace

Actor
Martha Brewster
Show
1955

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

Self
Show
1955

Small Town Girl

Actor
Mrs. Livingston
Movie
1953

Doc Corkle

Actor
Melinda; Doc's nurse
Show
1952

Father’s Little DividendStream

Actor
Doris Dunstan
Movie
1951
100%

Darling, How Could You!

Actor
Rosie
Movie
1951

Father of the BrideStream

Actor
Doris Dunstan
Movie
1950
90%

Boy From Indiana

Actor
Zelda Bagley
Movie
1950

Three Husbands

Actor
Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker
Movie
1950

The Barkleys of BroadwayStream

Actor
Mrs. Livingston Belney
Movie
1949
55%

And Baby Makes Three

Actor
Mrs. Marvin Fletcher
Movie
1949

The Bachelor's Daughters

Actor
Molly Burns
Movie
1946

Breakfast in Hollywood

Actor
Mrs Frances Cartwright
Movie
1946

The Cheaters

Actor
Mrs. Pidgeon
Movie
1945

Gildersleeve on Broadway

Actor
Mrs. Laura Chandler
Movie
1943

Hi Diddle Diddle

Actor
Liza Prescott
Movie
1943

Diamonds and Crime

Actor
Liza Prescott
Movie
1943

Girl Trouble

Actor
Mrs. Rowland
Movie
1942

In This Our Life

Actor
Lavinia Timberlake
Movie
1942

They All Kissed the Bride

Actor
Mrs. Drew
Movie
1942

Topper ReturnsStream

Actor
Mrs. Clara Topper
Movie
1941
89%

One Night in Lisbon

Actor
Catherine Enfilden
Movie
1941

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Actor
Daisy Stanley
Movie
1941
86%

The Wild Man of Borneo

Actor
Bernice Marshall
Movie
1941

Dulcy

Actor
Eleanor Forbes
Movie
1940

Irene

Actor
Mrs. Herman Vincent
Movie
1940

The Ghost Comes Home

Actor
Cora Adams
Movie
1940

And One Was Beautiful

Actor
Mrs. Julia Lattimer
Movie
1940

Hullabaloo

Actor
Penny Merriweather
Movie
1940

The Captain Is a Lady

Actor
Blossy Stort
Movie
1940

Remember?

Actor
Mrs. Bronson
Movie
1939

Eternally Yours

Actor
Aunt Abby
Movie
1939

Zenobia

Actor
Mrs. Bessie Tibbett
Movie
1939

Bridal Suite

Actor
Mrs. McGill
Movie
1939

The Wizard of OzStream

Actor
Glinda
Movie
1939
98%

Topper Takes a Trip

Actor
Mrs. Clara Topper
Movie
1939

The Young in Heart

Actor
Marmy Carleton
Movie
1938

Everybody Sing

Actor
Diana Bellaire
Movie
1938

Merrily We LiveStream

Actor
Mrs. Emily Kilbourne
Movie
1938

TopperStream

Actor
Mrs. Topper
Movie
1937
89%

The Bride Wore Red

Actor
Contessa di Meina
Movie
1937

Navy Blue and Gold

Actor
Mrs. Alyce Gates
Movie
1937

Parnell

Actor
Miss Clara Wood
Movie
1937

La Mujer de Craig

Actor
Movie
1936

Craig's Wife

Actor
Mrs. Frazier
Movie
1936

Piccadilly Jim

Actor
Eugenia Willis
Movie
1936

Doubting Thomas

Actor
Paula Brown
Movie
1935

Becky Sharp

Actor
Lady Bareacres
Movie
1935

After Office Hours

Actor
Mrs. Norwood
Movie
1935

Splendor

Actor
Clarissa
Movie
1935

She Couldn't Take It

Actor
Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke
Movie
1935

A Feather in Her Hat

Actor
Julia Anders
Movie
1935

Forsaking All Others

Actor
Aunt Paula
Movie
1934

We're Rich Again

Actor
Mrs. Linda Page
Movie
1934

Where Sinners Meet

Actor
Eustasia
Movie
1934

Finishing School

Actor
Mrs. Helen Crawford Radcliff
Movie
1934

Dinner at EightStream

Actor
Millicent Jordan
Movie
1933
91%

Only Yesterday

Actor
Julia Warren
Movie
1933

Christopher Strong

Actor
Lady Elaine Strong
Movie
1933
80%

A Bill of Divorcement

Actor
Meg Fairfield
Movie
1932
60%

Away Goes Prudence

Actor
Prudence Thorne
Movie
1920

Sadie Love

Actor
Sadie Love
Movie
1919

Eve's Daughter

Actor
Irene Simpson-Bates
Movie
1918

Gloria's Romance

Actor
Gloria Stafford
Movie
1916