Bille Burke

(Mary William Ethelbert Appleton)
actress
Born: 8/7/1885
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.

The daughter of a singing clown in the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Burke began acting at a young age and starred in a dozen silent films. She marriedFlorenz Ziegfeldin 1914; after his death she devoted more time to her film career, appearing inThe Man Who Came to Dinner(1942),新娘的父亲(1950),Father's Little Dividend(1951), and many other films. But she is best-remembered for her role as Glinda the Good Witch inThe Wizard of Oz(1939).

Died: 1970