Actor info
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Name :
Billie Burke
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Born :
August 7, 1884 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA (85 years at death)
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Died :
May 14, 1970
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
91 films (1916–2025)
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Also known as :
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke, Miss Billie Burke
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Biography
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.
Notable films
- Father of the Bride (1950) as Doris Dunstan
- Girl Trouble (1942) as Celeste Rowland
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) as Glinda
- Finishing School (1934) as Mrs. Radcliffe
- Dinner at Eight (1933) as Millicent Jordan
