Billie Burke
Actor, Film actor
1884 – 1970
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Who was Billie Burke?
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke 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. Burke was also the wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., of Ziegfeld Follies fame, from 1914 until his death.
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- Born
- Aug 7, 1884
Washington, D.C. - Also known as
- Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke
- Miss Billie Burke
- Parents
- Spouses
- Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
(1914/04/11 - 1932/07/22)
- Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Washington, D.C.
- Died
- May 14, 1970
Los Angeles - Resting place
- Kensico Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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