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Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970), better known as Billie Burke, was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. 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).
Billie Burke was a stage and screen actress who starred in Broadway plays and Hollywood movies. She was nominated for an Oscar for Merrily We Live and is best known for playing Glinda in The Wizard of Oz.
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Billie Burke. Actress: The Wizard of Oz. Billie Burke was born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke on August 7, 1885 in Washington, D.C. Her father was a circus clown, and as a child she toured the United States and Europe with the circus (before motion pictures and after the stage, circuses were the biggest form of entertainment in the world).
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Dec 18, 2020 · Silent movie star Billie Burke once said of Hollywood, “To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor and the physical stamina of a cow pony.”.
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970), better known as Billie Burke, was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. 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).
Aug 6, 2023 · Here are 10 things you should know about Billie Burke, born on August 7, 1884. It’s rare that an actress with a career as lengthy as Burke's ends up so closely associated with a single role ...
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Billie Burke was an American actress who starred in The Wizard of Oz as Glinda the Good Witch. She also appeared in many other films, such as Father of the Bride, Topper, and Merrily We Live.
