Billie Burke

Billie Burke (August 7, 1884 - December 12, 2009) was an American stage, movie, and television actress. She was born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke in Washington, D.C. Her father was the circus clown, Billie Burke.  She married Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. on 11 April 1914. He died on 22 July 1932. They had one child, a daughter. Burke played Glinda, the Good Witch, in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz. She died of natural causes in Los Angeles, California.

Category:1884 births
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Category:Actors from Washington, D.C.
Category:American stage actors
Category:American movie actors
Category:American television actors