Billie Burke
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress. She is primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billie Burke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Wizard of Oz
as GlindaYoung Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow...
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Daisy StanleyAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a...
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Father of the Bride
as Doris DunstanProud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she...
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Sergeant Rutledge
as Mrs. Cordelia FosgateRespected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a...
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Finishing School
as Mrs. RadcliffeVirginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical...
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Dinner at Eight
as Millicent JordanAn ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband,...
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Topper
as Mrs. TopperMadcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as...
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The Young Philadelphians
as Mrs. J. Arthur AllenUp and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he...
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Topper Returns
as Mrs. Clara TopperTopper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards,...
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Father's Little Dividend
as Doris DunstanNewly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her...
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The Barkleys of Broadway
as Mme Livingston BelneyJosh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but...
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Pepe
as Billie BurkeMario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood...
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In This Our Life
as Lavinia TimberlakeAn unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining...
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Only Yesterday
as Julia WarrenOn the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide....
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Merrily We Live
as Mrs. Emily KilbourneSociety matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest...
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And Baby Makes Three
as Mrs. Marvin FletcherA recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
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A Bill of Divorcement
as Meg FairfieldA World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything...
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The Young in Heart
as Marmy CarletonA family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named...
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Topper Takes a Trip
as Mrs. Clara TopperMrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo...
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Christopher Strong
as Lady Elaine StrongA romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous...
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Remember?
as Mrs. BronsonSky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend,...
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Becky Sharp
as Lady BareacresThe first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was...
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Doubting Thomas
as Paula BrownA husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local...
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as Self (archive footage)Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews...
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Eternally Yours
as Aunt AbbyAnita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say...
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Navy Blue and Gold
as Mrs. Alyce GatesThree Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
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Forsaking All Others
as Aunt PaulaA socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
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Irene
as Mrs. Herman VincentUpholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs...
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Peggy
as Peggy CameronThe heroine, Peggy Cameron, is a high-society debutante with a mind of her own. After making a...
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A Feather in Her Hat
as Julia Trent AndersAfter the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his...
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Three Husbands
as Mrs. Jenny Bard WhittakerWhen a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all...
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That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of...
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Arms and the Girl
as Ruth SherwoodZiegfeld Follies headliner Billie Burke starred in a handful of silent films, of which Arms and...
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The Dark Side of the Rainbow
as Glinda (archive footage)The movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) with the soundtrack replaced by Pink Floyd's album The Dark...
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They All Kissed the Bride
as Mrs. DrewMargaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in...
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After Office Hours
as Mrs. NorwoodA managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.
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The Cheaters
as Clara PidgeonAn eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic...
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Hi Diddle Diddle
as Mrs. PrescottWhen the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's...
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Small Town Girl
as Mrs. LivingstonRick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for...
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And One Was Beautiful
as Julia LattimerA teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.
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Parnell
as Clara WoodIrish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but...
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Splendor
as ClarissaWhen Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their...
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Glorifying the American Girl
as Self (uncredited)A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...
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Society Doctor
as Mrs. CraneTwo surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their...
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Bridal Suite
as Mrs. Lillian McGillA carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
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The Bride Wore Red
as Contessa di MeinaA poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
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Breakfast in Hollywood
as Mrs. Frances CartwrightThe goings on of a few members of a radio show's audience is the premise for this feature film...
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She Couldn't Take It
as Mrs. Daniel Van DykeThe wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the...
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The Wild Man of Borneo
as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse KeeperA medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.
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The Ghost Comes Home
as Cora AdamsComic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea...
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The Bachelor's Daughters
as Molly BurnsA department store floor walker is persuaded by four husband-seeking salesgirls to pose as their...
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The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports,...
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Piccadilly Jim
as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's SisterJim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann...
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Where Sinners Meet
as EustasiaA pair of lovers are secreting away to Paris for a quick divorce and marriage when they find...
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Craig's Wife
as Mrs. FrazierHarriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material...
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The Land of Promise
as Nora MarshBased on the 1913 play The Land of Promise by W. Somerset Maugham about Nora Marsh and her life...
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The Misleading Widow
as Betty TaradineThe Misleading Widow is a 1919 silent film comedy starring Billie Burke as Betty Taradine. It...
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Swing Out, Sister
as Jessica MarimanUniversal cowboy star Rod Cameron plays Geoffrey, conductor of a high-toned symphony orchestra....
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Everybody Sing
as Diana BellaireBoisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her...
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Zenobia
as Mrs. TibbettA modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming...
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You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
as Aunt Harriet CrandallA young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets...
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What's Cookin'?
as Agatha CourtneyJ. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha...
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Millicent Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited)Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....
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Girl Trouble
as Celeste RowlandA South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
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Gloria's Romance
as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)An adventurous young girl in Florida gets herself lost in the Everglades and finds terror and...
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The Boy From Indiana
as Zelda BagleyHappy-go-lucky aspiring sportswriter Lon Decker from Indiana who has aspirations of becoming a...
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We're Rich Again
as Mrs. Linda PageA polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.
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So's Your Uncle
as Aunt MinervaCircumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds...
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Dulcy
as Eleanor ForbesA dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with...
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The Captain Is a Lady
as Blossy StortBecause of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody...
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Let's Get a Divorce
as Mme. Cyprienne MarceyA bit too immature for marriage, Cyprienne allows her pretty head to be turned by an egotistical...
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Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Mrs. Laura ChandlerOn a trip to New York, a small-town blowhard gets caught between a wealthy widow and a gold digger.
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Hullabaloo
as Penny MerriweatherA radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.
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My American Wife
as Mrs. Robert CantillonAnn Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona,...
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One Night In Lisbon
as Catherine EnfildenSaucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite...
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Eve's Daughter
as Irene Simpson-BatesEve's Daughter was the fourth and final screen teaming of Billie Burke and Thomas Meighan. This...
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The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
as Belle JohnsonThe Frisky Mrs. Johnson is a 1920 silent film comedy starring Billie Burke. It was produced by...
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In Pursuit of Polly
as Polly MarsdenPretty Polly Marsden is ardently pursued by three different Romeos, but she coyly refuses to...
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Ziegfeld on Film
as Herself (archive footage)This short documentary includes interviews with Florenz Ziegfeld's daughter Patricia and actress...
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The Make-Believe Wife
as Phyllis AshbrookSeveral young couples have gathered at a vacation home in the mountains. The group of friends go...
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The Dark Side of Oz
as Glinda the Good Witch of the North (archive footage)Pink Floyd Meets The Wizard of Oz
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Matinee Theater
as uncreditedMatinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...
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77 Sunset Strip
as uncreditedStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...
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Lights Out
as uncreditedLights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a...
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