Billie Burke

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American actor film actress human stage actress

Billie Burke was an American actress best known for her role as Glinda the Good Witch in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor →
film actress →
human →
stage actress →
activeIn Broadway →
surface form: Broadway theatre
appearedIn Dinner at Eight →
Father of the Bride →
surface form: Father of the Bride (1950 film)

Father's Little Dividend →
The Man Who Came to Dinner →
The Wizard of Oz →
Topper (film series) →
surface form: Topper

Topper (film series) →
surface form: Topper Takes a Trip
birthName Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke →
burialPlace Hastings-on-Hudson, New York →
surface form: Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States
causeOfDeath natural causes →
child Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson →
countryOfCitizenship United States of America →
dateOfBirth 1884-08-07 →
dateOfDeath 1970-05-14 →
ethnicGroup Irish American →
familyName Burke →
genre comedy →
givenName Mary →
William →
hasReligion Christianity →
languageOfWorkOrName English →
medium film →
radio →
theatre →
name Billie Burke self-link →
notableFor portrayal of Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz →
notableRole Glinda the Good Witch →
notableWork The Wizard of Oz →
occupation actress →
comedian →
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C. →
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America →
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
portrayedCharacter Glinda the Good Witch →
surface form: Glinda
portrayedCharacterIn Glinda the Good Witch →
surface form: Glinda in The Wizard of Oz
residence Los Angeles →
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

New York City →
sexOrGender female →
spouse Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. →
workedWith Judy Garland →
MGM →
Victor Fleming →
yearsActive early 1900s–1960s →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Billie Burke → name → Billie Burke self-link →
Glinda the Good Witch → portrayedBy → Billie Burke →
The Barkleys of Broadway → starring → Billie Burke →
The Wizard of Oz → starring → Billie Burke →