Billie Burke
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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Billie Burke
Filmography
Movies
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91% |
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Sergeant Rutledge | Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate (Character) | - | 1960 |
71% |
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The Young Philadelphians | Mrs. J. Arthur Allen (Character) | - | 1959 |
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Small Town Girl | Mrs. Livingston (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Darling, How Could You! | Rosie (Character) | - | 1951 |
100% |
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Father's Little Dividend | Doris Dunstan (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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Three Husbands | Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker (Character) | - | 1950 |
90% |
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Father of the Bride | Doris Dunstan (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boy From Indiana | Zelda Bagley (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | And Baby Makes Three | Mrs. Marvin Fletcher (Character) | - | 1949 |
55% |
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The Barkleys of Broadway | Mrs. Livingston Belney (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Breakfast in Hollywood | Mrs Frances Cartwright (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bachelor's Daughters | Molly Burns (Character) | - | 1946 |
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The Cheaters | Mrs. Pidgeon (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diamonds and Crime | Liza Prescott (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Hi Diddle Diddle | Liza Prescott (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gildersleeve on Broadway | Mrs. Laura Chandler (Character) | - | 1943 |
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They All Kissed the Bride | Mrs. Drew (Character) | - | 1942 |
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In This Our Life | Lavinia Timberlake (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girl Trouble | Mrs. Rowland (Character) | - | 1942 |
86% |
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The Man Who Came to Dinner | Daisy Stanley (Character) | - | 1941 |
89% |
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Topper Returns | Mrs. Clara Topper (Character) | - | 1941 |
40% | No Score Yet | One Night in Lisbon | Catherine Enfilden (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild Man of Borneo | Bernice Marshall (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hullabaloo | Penny Merriweather (Character) | - | 1940 |
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Irene | Mrs. Herman Vincent (Character) | - | 1940 |
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And One Was Beautiful | Mrs. Julia Lattimer (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ghost Comes Home | Cora Adams (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dulcy | Eleanor Forbes (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Captain Is a Lady | Blossy Stort (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Remember? | Mrs. Bronson (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Eternally Yours | Aunt Abby (Character) | - | 1939 |
98% |
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The Wizard of Oz | Glinda (Character) | $5.5M | 1939 |
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Topper Takes a Trip | Mrs. Clara Topper (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bridal Suite | Mrs. McGill (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Zenobia | Mrs. Bessie Tibbett (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Everybody Sing | Diana Bellaire (Character) | - | 1938 |
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Merrily We Live | Mrs. Emily Kilbourne (Character) | - | 1938 |
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The Young in Heart | Marmy Carleton (Character) | - | 1938 |
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Parnell | Miss Clara Wood (Character) | - | 1937 |
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Navy Blue and Gold | Mrs. Alyce Gates (Character) | - | 1937 |
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The Bride Wore Red | Contessa di Meina (Character) | - | 1937 |
89% |
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Topper | Mrs. Topper (Character) | - | 1937 |
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Piccadilly Jim | Eugenia Willis (Character) | - | 1936 |
100% |
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Craig's Wife | Mrs. Frazier (Character) | - | 1936 |
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After Office Hours | Mrs. Norwood (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Doubting Thomas | Paula Brown (Character) | - | 1935 |
40% |
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Becky Sharp | Lady Bareacres (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She Couldn't Take It | Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Feather in Her Hat | Julia Anders (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Splendor | Clarissa (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Forsaking All Others | Aunt Paula (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | We're Rich Again | Mrs. Linda Page (Character) | - | 1934 |
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Finishing School | Mrs. Helen Crawford Radcliff (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Where Sinners Meet | Eustasia (Character) | - | 1934 |
83% |
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Christopher Strong | Lady Elaine Strong (Character) | - | 1933 |
91% |
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Dinner at Eight | Millicent Jordan (Character) | - | 1933 |
100% |
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Only Yesterday | Julia Warren (Character) | - | 1933 |
60% |
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A Bill of Divorcement | Meg Fairfield (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Away Goes Prudence | Prudence Thorne (Character) | - | 1920 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eve's Daughter | Irene Simpson-Bates (Character) | - | 1918 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gloria's Romance | Gloria Stafford (Character) | - | 1916 |
TV
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95% | No Score Yet | Karen Sisco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Mavis Matthews Conway (Guest Star) | 1960 |