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3Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1885 – May 14, 1970), better known as [[StageNames Billie Burke]], was an American actress of screen and stage, best known for playing Glinda the Good Witch in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
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5Burke was married to the well-known Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., with whom she had one daughter. She is portrayed by Creator/MyrnaLoy in the 1936 biopic ''Film/TheGreatZiegfeld''.
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8!!Filmography on TV Tropes:
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12* ''Film/DinnerAtEight'' (1933) as Millicent Jordan
13* ''Film/ForsakingAllOthers'' (1934) as Aunt Paula
14* ''Film/BeckySharp'' (1935) as Lady Bareacres
15* ''Theatre/CraigsWife'' (1936) as Mrs. Frazier
16* ''Film/{{Topper}}'' (1937) as Mrs. Clara Topper
17** ''Film/TopperReturns'' (1941) as Mrs. Clara Topper
18* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (1939) as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North
19* ''Theatre/TheManWhoCameToDinner'' (1942) as Daisy Stanley
20* ''Film/InThisOurLife'' (1942) as Lavinia Timberlake
21* ''Film/{{Father of the Bride|1950}}'' (1950) as Doris Dunstan
22* ''Film/SergeantRutledge'' (1960) as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
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26* ''Series/Playhouse90'' (2 episodes, 1957–58) as Mrs. Rutledge[=/=]Mrs. Purcell
27* ''Series/SeventySevenSunsetStrip'' (1 episode, 1960) as Mavis Matthews Conway
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