Billie Burke

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Billie Burke


Born
in Washington D.C., The United States
August 07, 1884

Died
May 14, 1970

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Born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke), generally known as Billie Burke, was an American actress who was famous on Broadway, on radio, early silent film, and subsequently in sound film. 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).

Married to impresario Flo Ziegfeld until his death in 1932. They had one daughter, Patricia.

Miss Burke died of natural causes in Los Angeles in 1970.

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With A Feather On My Nose

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With Powder on My Nose

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The Ziegfeld Follies: A His...

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“Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese.”
Billie Burke

“Sin in the theater, I can observe now, is comparable to education in a university: it is there for those who wish to take advantage of it, but fewer do than you might suspect.”
Billie Burke

“Our minister was as confused as we were. "And now Flo," he would say to me, "you stand here'
"He's Flo, I'm Billie," I would say.
"Oh, all right, then, you stand here, Bill," he would say to Flo, and Flo would correct him.
"I'm Flo, she's Bill - I mean Billie."
But he married us and I am quite sure it was legal.”
Billie Burke, With A Feather On My Nose

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