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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Billie Burke was born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke on August 7... more
Trivia:
Measurements: 35 1/2-28 3/4-37 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) more
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another
1 win
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
The Wizard Of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review
(From Collider.com. 15 October 2009, 2:29 PM, PDT)
MTV Movies Blog: Look At All These New Moon Rumors....
(From TwilightersAnonymous. 26 February 2009, 10:31 AM, PST)
(From Collider.com. 15 October 2009, 2:29 PM, PDT)
MTV Movies Blog: Look At All These New Moon Rumors....
(From TwilightersAnonymous. 26 February 2009, 10:31 AM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Miss Billie Burke
Filmography
Actress:
- Sergeant Rutledge (1960) .... Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
- "77 Sunset Strip" .... Mavis (1 episode, 1960)
- Publicity Brat (1960) TV episode .... Mavis - The Young Philadelphians (1959) .... Mrs. J. Arthur Allen, Owner Allen Oil Co.
... aka The City Jungle (UK) - "Playhouse 90" .... Mrs. Purcell / ... (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
- Rumors of Evening (1958) TV episode .... Mrs. Purcell
- The Star Wagon (1957) TV episode .... Mrs. Rutledge - "Matinee Theatre" (1 episode, 1956)
- Mother Was a Bachelor (1956) TV episode - "The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater" (1 episode, 1955)
- The Big Bargain (1955) TV episode - "The Best of Broadway" .... Martha Brewster (1 episode, 1955)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1955) TV episode .... Martha Brewster - Small Town Girl (1953) .... Mrs. Livingston
- "Doc Corkle" (1952) TV series
- Father's Little Dividend (1951) .... Doris Dunstan
... aka Laugh Track: Father's Little Dividend (USA: video title (redubbed comic version)) - Three Husbands (1951) .... Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker
... aka Letter to Three Husbands - "Lights Out" (1 episode, 1950)
- Dr. Heidegger's Experiment (1950) TV episode - Father of the Bride (1950) .... Doris Dunstan
- The Boy from Indiana (1950) .... Zelda Bagley
- And Baby Makes Three (1949) .... Mrs. Marvin Fletcher
- The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) .... Mrs. Livingston Belney
- Billie Gets Her Man (1948)
- Silly Billy (1948) .... Billie
- The Bachelor's Daughters (1946) .... Molly
... aka Bachelor Girls (UK) - Breakfast in Hollywood (1946) .... Mrs. Frances Cartwright
... aka The Mad Hatter (UK) - The Cheaters (1945) .... Mrs. James C. Pidgeon
... aka The Castaways (USA: reissue title) - Swing Out, Sister (1945) .... Jessica Mariman
- Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943) .... Mrs. Laura Chandler
- You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943) .... Aunt Harriet Crandall
- So's Your Uncle (1943) .... Minerva
- Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) .... Liza Prescott
... aka Diamonds and Crime (USA: reissue title)
... aka Try and Find It - Girl Trouble (1942) .... Mrs. Rowland
- They All Kissed the Bride (1942) .... Mrs. Drew
- In This Our Life (1942) .... Lavinia Timberlake
- What's Cookin'? (1942) .... Agatha Courtney
... aka Wake Up and Dream (UK) - The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) .... Daisy Stanley
- One Night in Lisbon (1941) .... Catherine Enfilden
- Topper Returns (1941) .... Mrs. Clara Topper
- The Wild Man of Borneo (1941) .... Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper
- Hullabaloo (1940) .... Penny Merriweather
- Dulcy (1940) .... Eleanor Forbes
- The Captain Is a Lady (1940) .... Blossy Stort
- Irene (1940) .... Mrs. Herman Vincent
- And One Was Beautiful (1940) .... Mrs. Julia Lattimer
- The Ghost Comes Home (1940) .... Cora Adams
- Remember? (1939) .... Mrs. Louise Bronson
- Eternally Yours (1939) .... Aunt Abby
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) .... Glinda
- Bridal Suite (1939) .... Mrs. Lillian McGill
... aka Maiden Voyage - Zenobia (1939) .... Mrs. Bessie Tibbett
... aka Elephants Never Forget (UK) - Topper Takes a Trip (1938) .... Mrs. Clara Topper
- The Young in Heart (1938) .... Marmy Carleton
- Merrily We Live (1938) .... Mrs. Emily Kilbourne
- Everybody Sing (1938) .... Diana Bellaire
- Navy Blue and Gold (1937) .... Mrs. Alyce Gates
- The Bride Wore Red (1937) .... Contessa di Meina
- Topper (1937) .... Mrs. Clara Topper
- Parnell (1937) .... Miss Clara Wood
- Craig's Wife (1936) .... Mrs. Frazier
- Piccadilly Jim (1936) .... Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister
- My American Wife (1936) .... Mrs. Robert Cantillon
- Splendor (1935) .... Clarissa
... aka Splendour - A Feather in Her Hat (1935) .... Julia Trent Anders
- She Couldn't Take It (1935) .... Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke
... aka Woman Tamer (UK) - Doubting Thomas (1935) .... Paula Brown
- Becky Sharp (1935) .... Lady Bareacres
... aka Lady of Fortune (USA: reissue title (cut version)) - After Office Hours (1935) .... Mrs. Norwood
- Society Doctor (1935) .... Mrs. Crane
... aka After Eight Hours - Forsaking All Others (1934) .... Aunt Paula
- We're Rich Again (1934) .... Mrs. Linda Page
- Finishing School (1934) .... Mrs. Helen Crawford Radcliff
- Where Sinners Meet (1934) .... Eustasia
... aka The Dover Road (UK) - Only Yesterday (1933) .... Julia Warren
- Dinner at Eight (1933) .... Millicent Jordan
- Christopher Strong (1933) .... Lady Elaine Strong
- A Bill of Divorcement (1932) .... Meg Fairfield
- The Education of Elizabeth (1921) .... Elizabeth Banks
- The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920) .... Belle Johnson
- Away Goes Prudence (1920) .... Prudence Thorne
- Wanted: A Husband (1919) .... Amanda Darcy Cole
- Sadie Love (1919) .... Sadie Love
- The Misleading Widow (1919) .... Betty Taradine
- Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919) .... Annabelle Leigh
- The Make-Believe Wife (1918) .... Phyllis Ashbrook
- In Pursuit of Polly (1918) .... Polly Marsden
... aka The Pursuit of Polly - Let's Get a Divorce (1918) .... Mme. Cyprienne Marcey
- Eve's Daughter (1918) .... Irene Simpson-Bates
- The Land of Promise (1917) .... Nora Marsh
- Arms and the Girl (1917) .... Ruth Sherwood
- The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917) .... Mavis Terry
- Gloria's Romance (1916) (as Miss Billie Burke) .... Gloria Stafford
- Peggy (1916) .... Peggy Cameron
Soundtrack:
- Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) (performer: "Tannhauser: Pilgrim's Chorus")
... aka Diamonds and Crime (USA: reissue title)
... aka Try and Find It - The Wizard of Oz (1939) (performer: "'Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are', 'The House Began To Pitch', 'As Mayor of the Munchkin City', 'As Coroner, I Must Aver', 'Ding Dong The Witch is Dead', 'Lullaby League', 'Lollipop Guild' and 'We Welcome You to Munchkinland'" (uncredited))
- Bridal Suite (1939) ("Funiculi, Funicula" (1880) (uncredited))
... aka Maiden Voyage - Zenobia (1939) (performer: "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" (1843) (uncredited))
... aka Elephants Never Forget (UK) - We're Rich Again (1934) ("She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes")
Self:
- Pepe (1960) .... Herself, Cameo appearance
- "The Ed Wynn Show" .... Herself - Actress (1 episode, 1950)
- Episode #1.36 (1950) TV episode .... Herself - Actress - Picture People No. 2: Hollywood Sports (1941) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (1930) .... Herself, Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld
- Glorifying the American Girl (1929) .... Herself
- Our Mutual Girl (1914) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
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"Today Tonight"
- Episode dated 26 January 2009 (2009) TV episode (uncredited) .... Glinda - "Broadway: The American Musical" (2004) .... Herself
- Ziegfeld on Film (2004) (V) .... Herself
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) (uncredited) .... Herself (clip from "Wizard of Oz")
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990) (TV) .... Glinda
-
"Ford Star Jubilee"
- The Wizard of Oz (1956) TV episode .... Glinda
Additional Details
Other Works:
(1894) Stage: Appeared (as "Lady Thomasin") in "The Amazons" on Broadway. Written by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. Lyceum Theatre: 19 Feb 1894-unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Lorena Atwood, Barrett Barker [Broadway debut], Miriam Clements, Annie Esmond, Arthur Fitzgerald, Ferdinand Gottschalk [Broadway debut], Shelly Hull, Dorothy Lane, Thomas Reynolds, Morton Selten, Fritz Williams.
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