Billie Burke Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (7 August 1885 - 14 May 1970) was an actress primarily known to modern audiences for her role as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz. To earlier audiences she was the feather-brained Clara Topper in a series of popular movies about a man haunted by two alcoholic ghosts and their pet St. Bernard.

Known as Billie Burke, she was born in Washington, D.C to the famous English clown Billy Burke. She spent much of her youth travelling with her family as her father played Europe in Barnum and Bailey's Circus. In 1903 she began acting on stage, making her debut in London, and eventually returning to America to become the toast of Broadway. There she caught the eye of theatre producer Florenz Ziegfeld, marrying him in 1914.

She was quickly signed for the movies, with her first movie, in the starring role, in Peggy in 1916. She continued to appear on both stage and screen, but when the family's savings were wiped out in the Crash of 1929, she began to concentrate on the movies. Ziegfeld died in 1932, worsening her financial situation. That same year, she starred in Dinner at Eight.

This was shortly thereafter followed by the Topper series of films and The Wizard of Oz. Another successful series followed with Father of the Bride and Father's Little Dividend.

She died in Los Angeles, California, and was interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.

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1 Broadway 2 Films 3 External link

Broadway

• My Wife - 1907
• Love Watches - 1908
• Mrs. Dot - 1910
• Suzanne - 1910
• The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard - 1911
• The Runaway - 1911
• The Amazons - 1913
• The Land of Promise - 1913
• Jerry - 1914
• The Rescuing Angel - 1917
• A Marriage of Convenience - 1918
• Caesar's Wife - 1919
• The Intimate Strangers - 1921
• Rose Briar - 1922
• Annie Dear - 1924
• The Marquise - 1927
• The Happy Husband - 1928
• Family Affairs - 1929
• The Truth Game - 1930
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 - 1934
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 - 1936
• This Rock - 1943
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 - 1943
• Mrs. January and Mr. X - 1944

Films

• Peggy - 1916
• Gloria's Romance - 1916
• The Mysterious Miss Terry - 1917
• Arms and the Girl - 1917
• The Land of Promise - 1917
• Eve's Daughter - 1918
• Let's Get a Divorce - 1918
• In Pursuit of Polly - 1918
• The Make-Believe Wife - 1918
• Good Gracious, Annabelle - 1919
• The Misleading Widow - 1919
• Sadie Love - 1919
• - 1919
• Away Goes Prudence - 1920
• The Frisky Mrs. Johnson - 1920
• The Education of Elizabeth - 1921
• A Bill of Divorcement - 1932
• Christopher Strong - 1933
• Dinner at Eight - 1933
• Only Yesterday - 1933
• Where Sinners Meet - 1934
• Finishing School - 1934
• We're Rich Again - 1934
• Forsaking All Others - 1934
• Society Doctor - 1935
• After Office Hours - 1935
• Becky Sharp - 1935
• Doubting Thomas - 1935
• She Couldn't Take It - 1935
• A Feather in Her Hat - 1935
• Splendor - 1935
• My American Wife - 1936
• Piccadilly Jim - 1936
• Craig's Wife - 1936
• Parnell - 1937
• Topper - 1937
• The Bride Wore Red - 1937
• Navy Blue and Gold - 1937
• Everybody Sing - 1938
• Merrily We Live - 1938
• The Young in Heart - 1938
• Topper Takes a Trip - 1939
• Zenobia - 1939
• Bridal Suite - 1939
• The Wizard of Oz - 1939
• Eternally Yours - 1939
• Remember - 1939
• The Ghost Comes Home - 1940
• Irene - 1940
• The Captain Is a Lady - 1940
• Dulcy - 1940
• Hullabaloo - 1940
• And One Was Beautiful - 1940
• The Wild Man of Borneo - 1941
• Topper Returns - 1941
• One Night in Lisbon - 1941
• The Man Who Came to Dinner - 1942
• What's Cookin' - 1942
• In This Our Life - 1942
• They All Kissed the Bride - 1942
• Girl Trouble - 1942
• Hi Diddle Diddle - 1943
• So's Your Uncle - 1943
• You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith - 1943
• Gildersleeve on Broadway - 1943
• The Laramie Trail - 1944
• Swing Out, Sister - 1945
• The Cheaters - 1945
• Breakfast in Hollywood - 1946
• The Bachelor's Daughters - 1946
• Billie Gets Her Man - 1948
• The Barkleys of Broadway - 1949
• Father of the Bride - 1950
• Father's Little Dividend - 1951
• Small Town Girl - 1953
• The Young Philadelphians - 1959

External link

• Billie Burke as Glinda the Good Witch

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