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Billie Burke
(1884-1970)
American, Actress
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Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970), better known as Billie Burke, 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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie musical The Wizard of Oz (1939).

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Born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke
7 August 1884
Washington, District of Columbia USA
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14 May 1970 (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California USA
Zodiac Leo
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