Billie Burke Biography, Age, Height, Husband, Net Worth, Family

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Billie Burke was an American actress who had a long and successful career in both stage and film. She was best known for her role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. She was born on August 7, 1884 in Washington, D.C. to a prominent family. She began her career on the stage in 1902 and made her Broadway debut in 1906. She went on to appear in numerous plays and musicals, including the Ziegfeld Follies. In the 1920s, Burke began appearing in films, and she quickly became a popular character actress. She appeared in over 50 films, including The Women (1939), Topper (1937), and Merrily We Live (1938). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Young in Heart (1938). Burke was married to Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. from 1914 until his death in 1932. She was also a close friend of actress Judy Garland, who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Burke died on May 14, 1970 in Los Angeles, California. At the time of her death, Burke had an estimated net worth of $2 million.

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Billie Burke Height, Weight & Measurements

At 86 years old, Billie Burke height is 5' 2½" (1.59 m) .

Who Is Billie Burke's Husband?

Her husband is Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (11 April 1914 - 22 July 1932) ( his death) ( 1 child)

Billie Burke Net Worth

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Timeline

She was 75 when she made her final screen appearance as Cordelia Fosgate in John Ford's Western Sergeant Rutledge (1960).

She made only six in the 1950s, as her aging became noticeable.

The 1940s saw Billie busier than ever--she made 25 films between 1940 and 1949.

This was probably the best performance of her screen career, but she was destined to be immortalized forever in the classic The Wizard of Oz (1939). At 54 years of age - and not looking anywhere near it - she played Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.

In 1938, Billie received her first and only Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live (1938).

In 1937, she had one of her most fondly remembered roles in Topper (1937), a film that would ultimately spin off two sequels, and all three were box-office hits.

Selznick's Dinner at Eight (1933), co-starring Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, John Barrymore and Jean Harlow - heady company to be sure, but Billie turned in an outstanding performance as Mrs. Jordan, the scatterbrained wife of a man whose shipping company is in financial trouble and who was trying to get someone to loan his company money to help stave off disaster. Her character loved to give dinner parties because a dinner affair at the Jordans had a reputation among New York blue-blood society as the highlight of the season. With all the drama and intrigue going on around her, her main concern is that she is one man short of having a full seating arrangement. The film was a hit and once again Billie was back on top.

Her first role of substance was as Margaret Fairlfield in A Bill of Divorcement (1932). As an artist, she loved the fact that she had dialog, but she had to work even harder because her husband had died the same year as her speaking debut - and work she did. One of her career highlights came as Mrs. Millicent Jordan in David O.

What the Ziegfelds did not plan on was "Black October" in 1929. Their stock investments were wiped out in the crash, which precipitated the Great Depression, and Billie had no choice but to return to the screen. Movies had become even bigger than ten years earlier, especially since the introduction of sound.

In 1921, she appeared as Elizabeth Banks in The Education of Elizabeth (1921), then she retired. She had wed impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. of the famed Ziegfeld Follies and, with investments in the stock market, there was no need to work.

She made her film debut in the lead role in Peggy (1916).

Later that year, she appeared in Gloria's Romance (1916). In between cinema work, she would take her place on the stage because not only was it her first love, but she had speaking parts. Billie considered herself more than an actress--she felt she was an artist, too. She believed that the stage was a way to personally reach out to an audience, something that could not be done in pictures.

The film was a hit, but then again most films were, as the novelty of motion pictures had not worn off since The Great Train Robbery (1903) at the turn of the century.

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). One could say that Billie was bred for show business. Her family ultimately settled in London, where she was fortunate to see plays in the city's historic West End, and decided she wanted to be a stage actress. At age 18, she made her stage debut and her career was off and running. Her performances were very well received and she became one of the most popular actresses to grace the stage. Broadway beckoned, and since New York City was now recognized as the stage capital of the world, it was there she would try her luck. Billie came to New York when she was 22 and her momentum did not stop. She appeared in numerous plays and it was only a matter of time before Hollywood came calling, which is exactly what happened.

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