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Billie Burke

1884 - 1970

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Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the MGM film musical The Wizard of Oz (1939) Burke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live (1938). She had appearances in the Topper film series. She was married to Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Billie Burke is the 1,953rd most popular actor (up from 2,861st in 2019), the 3,512th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,424th in 2019) and the 956th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Billie Burke ranks 1,953 out of 13,578. Before her are Roger Hanin, Robert Conrad, David Doyle, Vera Fischer, Michael Ansara, and Anna Sten. After her are Cheech Marin, Michel Constantin, Dragan Nikolić, Charles Lane, Steve Blum, and Dolores Costello.

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Among people born in 1884, Billie Burke ranks 82. Before her are Halide Edib Adıvar, Ferdinand von Bredow, Anna Vyrubova, Gustave Garrigou, Josias Braun-Blanquet, and Werner Krauss. After her are Jules Supervielle, Jaan Anvelt, Claude Dornier, Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, James Alberione, and Johannes Heinrich Schultz. Among people deceased in 1970, Billie Burke ranks 103. Before her are Amadeo Bordiga, Pavel Belyayev, Maud Lewis, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Lucien Goldmann, and Folco Lulli. After her are Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, Alexander Gode, Café Filho, Friedrich Pollock, Agustín Lara, and Iuliu Hossu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billie Burke ranks 3,512 out of 20,380. Before her are Theodore Sturgeon (1918), Jared Kushner (1981), Fritz Leiber (1910), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Johnny Carson (1925), and Cy Young (1928). After her are Frank Oppenheimer (1912), Cheech Marin (1946), Charles Lane (1905), Tom McCarthy (1966), Fanny Bullock Workman (1859), and Richard Armitage (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Billie Burke ranks 956. Before her are Edith Massey (1918), Dominic Chianese (1931), Paul Michael Glaser (1943), Barry Sullivan (1912), Robert Conrad (1935), and David Doyle (1929). After her are Cheech Marin (1946), Charles Lane (1905), Steve Blum (1960), Dolores Costello (1903), Estelle Getty (1923), and Lisa Edelstein (1966).

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