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Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke, known professionally as Billie Burke, was an American actress who was famous on Broadway, on radio, early silent film, and subsequently in sound film. 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).
Birth Name
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke
Born
Thursday, 07 August 1884
Died
Thursday, 14 May 1970
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Vito | Glinda | 2011 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Glinda | 2011 |
| Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz | Glinda | 2005 |
| Ziegfeld on Film | Herself (archive footage) / Self | 2004 |
| The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow | Glinda | 2000 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Glinda | 1994 |
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self - film clips / Self (archive footage) | 1972 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Millicent Jordan | 1961 |
| Pepe | Billie Burke | 1960 |
| Sergeant Rutledge | Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate | 1960 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Vito | Glinda | 2011 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Glinda | 2011 |
| Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz | Glinda | 2005 |
| Ziegfeld on Film | Herself (archive footage) / Self | 2004 |
| The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow | Glinda | 2000 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Glinda | 1994 |
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self - film clips / Self (archive footage) | 1972 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Millicent Jordan | 1961 |
| Pepe | Billie Burke | 1960 |
| Sergeant Rutledge | Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate | 1960 |
| The Young Philadelphians | Mrs. J. Arthur Allen | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Mavis Matthews Conway | 1958 |
| Playhouse 90 | Mrs. Purcell / Mrs. Rutledge | 1956 |
| Columbia Laff Hour | (archive footage) | 1956 |
| Matinee Theatre | Aunt | 1955 |
| Ford Star Jubilee | Glinda | 1955 |
| The Best of Broadway | Martha Brewster | 1954 |
| Small Town Girl | Mrs. Livingston | 1953 |
| Doc Corkle | Melinda | 1952 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| The Name's the Same | Self | 1951 |
| Father's Little Dividend | Doris Dunstan | 1951 |
| The Bigelow Theatre | Aunt Amanda | 1950 |
| Three Husbands | Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker | 1950 |
| All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
| TV Club | Self | 1950 |
| Father of the Bride | Doris Dunstan | 1950 |
| The Golden Twenties | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1950 |
| The Boy from Indiana | Zelda Bagley | 1950 |
| And Baby Makes Three | Mrs. Marvin Fletcher | 1949 |
| The Ed Wynn Show | Self | 1949 |
| The Barkleys of Broadway | Mrs. Livingston Belney / Mme Livingston Belney | 1949 |
| Billie Gets Her Man | Billie Baxter | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Bachelor's Daughters | Molly Burns | 1946 |
| Breakfast in Hollywood | Mrs. Frances Cartwright | 1946 |
| The Cheaters | Clara Pidgeon | 1945 |
| Swing Out, Sister | Jessica Mariman | 1945 |
| Gildersleeve on Broadway | Mrs. Laura Chandler | 1943 |
| You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith | Aunt Harriet Crandall | 1943 |
| So's Your Uncle | Aunt Minerva | 1943 |
| Hi Diddle Diddle | Liza Prescott / Eliza Prescott | 1943 |
| Girl Trouble | Mrs. Rowland / Celeste Rowland | 1942 |
| They All Kissed the Bride | Mrs. Drew | 1942 |
| In This Our Life | Lavinia Timberlake | 1942 |
| What's Cookin' | Agatha Courtney | 1942 |
| The Man Who Came to Dinner | Mrs. Daisy Stanley / Daisy Stanley | 1942 |
| One Night in Lisbon | Catherine Enfilden | 1941 |
| Topper Returns | Mrs. Clara Topper | 1941 |
| The Wild Man of Borneo | Bernice Marshall / Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper | 1941 |
| Hullabaloo | Penny Merriweather | 1940 |
| Dulcy | Eleanor Forbes | 1940 |
| The Captain Is a Lady | Blossy Stort | 1940 |
| Irene | Mrs. Vincent / Mrs. Herman Vincent | 1940 |
| And One Was Beautiful | Julia Lattimer / Mrs. Lattimer | 1940 |
| The Ghost Comes Home | Cora Adams | 1940 |
| Remember? | Louise Bronson / Mrs. Bronson | 1939 |
| Eternally Yours | Aunt Abby | 1939 |
| The Wizard of Oz | Glinda / Glinda the Good Witch of the North | 1939 |
| Bridal Suite | Mrs. McGill / Mrs. Lillian McGill | 1939 |
| Zenobia | Mrs. Tibbett | 1939 |
| Topper Takes a Trip | Mrs. Topper / Mrs. Clara Topper | 1939 |
| The Young in Heart | Marmy Carleton | 1938 |
| Merrily We Live | Mrs. Kilbourne / Mrs. Emily Kilbourne | 1938 |
| Everybody Sing | Diana Bellaire | 1938 |
| Navy Blue and Gold | Mrs. Alyce Gates | 1937 |
| The Bride Wore Red | Contessa di Meina | 1937 |
| Topper | Mrs. Topper | 1937 |
| Parnell | Clara / Clara Wood | 1937 |
| Craig's Wife | Mrs. Frazier | 1936 |
| Piccadilly Jim | Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister | 1936 |
| My American Wife | Mrs. Robert Cantillon | 1936 |
| Splendor | Clarissa | 1935 |
| A Feather in Her Hat | Julia Trent Anders | 1935 |
| She Couldn't Take It | Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke | 1935 |
| Doubting Thomas | Paula Brown | 1935 |
| Becky Sharp | Lady Bareacres | 1935 |
| After Office Hours | Mrs. Norwood | 1935 |
| Society Doctor | Mrs. Crane | 1935 |
| Forsaking All Others | Aunt Paula | 1934 |
| We're Rich Again | Mrs. Linda Page / Linda Page | 1934 |
| Where Sinners Meet | Eustasia | 1934 |
| Finishing School | Mrs. Helen Crawford Radcliff / Helen Radcliffe | 1934 |
| Only Yesterday | Julia Warren | 1933 |
| Dinner at Eight | Millicent Jordan | 1933 |
| Christopher Strong | Lady Elaine Strong | 1933 |
| A Bill of Divorcement | Margaret / Meg Fairfield | 1932 |
| The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
| Glorifying the American Girl | Billie Burke | 1929 |
| The Education of Elizabeth | Elizabeth Banks | 1921 |
| The Frisky Mrs. Johnson | Belle Johnson | 1920 |
| Away Goes Prudence | Prudence Thorne | 1920 |
| Wanted: A Husband | Amanda Darcy Cole | 1919 |
| Sadie Love | Sadie Love | 1919 |
| The Misleading Widow | Betty Taradine | 1919 |
| The Make-Believe Wife | Phyllis Ashbrook | 1918 |
| In Pursuit of Polly | Polly Marsden | 1918 |
| Let's Get a Divorce | Mme. Cyprienne Marcey | 1918 |
| Eve's Daughter | Irene Simpson-Bates | 1918 |
| Gloria's Romance | Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke) / Gloria Stafford | 1916 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1939 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
