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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).

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   Dec 18, 2020 · Forgotten Hollywood: Billie Burke. December 18, 2020. — Meher Tatna. 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.”

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   In 1938, Billie received her first and only Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live (1938). This was probably the best performance of her screen career, but she was destined to be immortalized forever in the classic The Wizard of Oz (1939).

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: Los Angeles, California, USA

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   What happened to Billie Burke?

   • Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. LOS ANGELES, May 15 —Billie Burke, a great Broad way beauty when the century was young and later renowned as a movie comedienne, died last night at the age of 84.

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   Who is Billie Burke?

   • 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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   Was Billie Burke a good actress?

   • A Sophisticated Beauty Addlepated, scatterbrained, twittery, jittery or skittish, Billie Burke appeared in scores of comedies on the stage and screen in a style that was combination of naivete and wit. “I never was the great‐actress type,” she remarked years later. “I generally did light, gay things. I often had cute plays but never a fine one.”

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   Did Billie Burke make a comeback?

   • Billie Burke starred in an adaptation of Dr. Heidegger's Experiment on the TV version of Lights Out on November 20, 1950. Burke tried to make a comeback on the New York stage. She starred in two short-lived productions: This Rock and Mrs. January and Mr. X. Although she got good reviews, the plays did not.

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6. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000992Billie Burke - Biography - IMDb

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   In 1903, she appeared on the stage as an actress and came to America in 1907 to star opposite John Drew in "My Wife". A red-haired beauty, she became the toast of Broadway and married promoter Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. in April 1914. Billie was signed in 1915 to make the film Peggy (1916).

   • Birth Date: August 7, 1884

   • Death Date: May 14, 1970

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   Mar 2, 2024 · Screen Legends Saga. 1.63K subscribers. Subscribed. 38. 1.3K views 1 month ago. Step into the glitz and glamour of Classic Hollywood as we shine a spotlight on Billie Burke, an icon of the...

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8. www.nytimes.com › 1970/05/16 › archivesBillie Burke Dead; Movie Comedienne - The New York Times

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   May 16, 1970 · LOS ANGELES, May 15 —Billie Burke, a great Broad way beauty when the century was young and later renowned as a movie comedienne, died last night at the age of 84. While starring in New York...

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   Heeding the advice of Glinda, the Good Witch of the North (Billie Burke), Dorothy heads off to Emerald City, following the Yellow Brick Road, in order to see the great and powerful Wizard of Oz (Frank Morgan), who is