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Billie Burke. 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 ...
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).
- August 7, 1884
- May 14, 1970
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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Burke, Billie (1885–1970)American actress who excelled in light comedy. Born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke in Washington, D.C., on August 7, 1885; died in 1970; only daughter of William (a singing clown with Barnum and Bailey circus) and Blanche (Beatty) Hodkinson Burke (a widow with four grown children); educated in London and France; married Florenz Ziegfeld (the theatrical ...
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Burke died at the age of 85 on May 14, 1970 in Los Angeles, CA and was laid to rest in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, Westchester County, NY. Billie Burke was born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke on August 7 th, 1884 in Washington, D.C straight into the life of show business. Her father, Willy Burke was a successful circus clown and singer ...
Billie Burke (1885-1970) Billie Burke is best remembered today for her inspiring acting as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, in 'The Wizard of Oz' in 1939. Her career, however, was both long and multi-faceted. She started as a child performer in the Barnum and Bailey Circus and after a successful stint as a stage performer in England, she ...
role in. “Father of the Bride”. In Father of the Bride. …who played Banks’s wife, and Billie Burke as the mother of the groom—was also praised. The film, which was adeptly directed by Vincente Minnelli, inspired a sequel, Father’s Little Dividend (1951), and a 1960s television series. A well-received 1991 remake starred Steve Martin ...
