Billie Burke

★ Acting #9,425

1884 - 1970 (age 85) • Acting

Born: 8/7/1884 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died: 5/14/1970 (age 85)

Known for: Acting

Billie Burke

★ Acting #9,425

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.

Known For

The Wizard of Oz

76%

Glinda

1939

Father of the Bride

70%

Doris Dunstan

1950

Sergeant Rutledge

70%

Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

1960

Topper

67%

Mrs. Topper

1937

The Man Who Came to Dinner

71%

Daisy Stanley

1941

Father's Little Dividend

65%

Doris Dunstan

1951

Topper Returns

65%

Mrs. Clara Topper

1941

In This Our Life

69%

Lavinia Timberlake

1942

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere

Glinda (archive footage)

2025

Ziegfeld on Film

57%

Herself (archive footage)

2004

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

87%

Glinda (archive footage)

2000

That's Entertainment! III

71%

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1994

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

83%

Self (archive footage)

1990

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

1976

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

72%

Self (archive footage)

1972

Oz

Self / Glinda the Good Witch (archive footage)

Pepe

64%

Billie Burke

1960

Sergeant Rutledge

70%

Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

1960

The Young Philadelphians

74%

Mrs. J. Arthur Allen

1959

77 Sunset Strip

72%

Unknown

1958

The Star Wagon

Mrs. Rutledge

1957

Matinee Theater

53%

Unknown

1955

Small Town Girl

56%

Mrs. Livingston

1953

Doc Corkle

100%

Melinda

1952

Father's Little Dividend

65%

Doris Dunstan

1951

Three Husbands

54%

Jenny Bard Whittaker

1950

Father of the Bride

70%

Doris Dunstan

1950

The Golden Twenties

70%

Self (archive footage)

1950

The Boy From Indiana

90%

Zelda Bagley

1950

And Baby Makes Three

51%

Mrs. Marvin Fletcher

1949

Lights Out

60%

Unknown

1949

The Barkleys of Broadway

69%

Mrs. Livingston Belney

1949

Billie Gets Her Man

80%

Billie Baxter

1948

The Bachelor's Daughters

65%

Molly Burns

1946

Breakfast in Hollywood

60%

Mrs. Frances Cartwright

1946

The Cheaters

62%

Clara Pidgeon

1945