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Billie Burke

Billie Burke

Actor · Died May 14, 1970, aged 85 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress. She is primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billie Burke,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
August 7, 1884
Died
May 14, 1970 (aged 85)
From
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 14% in 30 days

What are Billie Burke's films like?

Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 41 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 31 · Serious 5 · Dark 5

A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 3

A split, not a type: Gentle 22 · Charged 15 · Intense 4

Steady 23 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 2

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 19

A split, not a type: Slow burn 21 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 4

Casual 32 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1

Resolved 39 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 15 analyzed roles.

Ally
4 of 15
Threshold guardian
3 of 15
Trickster
3 of 15
Mentor
2 of 15
Hero
1 of 15
Shadow
1 of 15
Shapeshifter
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
24
Warm
21
Tense
11
Absurd
11
Melancholic
9
Other
22

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy31
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Billie Burke's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Subscription and free streaming for Billie Burke's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

87 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Dark Side of the Rainbow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Glinda (archive footage)

  • That's Entertainment! III(1994)

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Pepe(1960)

    as Billie Burke

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Sergeant Rutledge(1960)

    as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • The Young Philadelphians(1959)

    as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • 77 Sunset Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Star Wagon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Mrs. Rutledge

  • Matinee Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Small Town Girl(1953)

    as Mrs. Livingston

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Doc Corkle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Show 3 episodes · as Melinda

  • Father's Little Dividend(1951)

    as Doris Dunstan

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • Three Husbands(1950)

    as Jenny Bard Whittaker

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Father of the Bride(1950)

    as Doris Dunstan

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • The Boy From Indiana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Zelda Bagley

  • And Baby Makes Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher

  • Lights Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Barkleys of Broadway(1949)

    as Mrs. Livingston Belney

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Billie Gets Her Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Billie Baxter

  • The Bachelor's Daughters(1946)

    as Molly Burns

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Breakfast in Hollywood(1946)

    as Mrs. Frances Cartwright

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • The Cheaters(1945)

    as Clara Pidgeon

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Swing Out, Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Jessica Mariman

  • Gildersleeve on Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Mrs. Laura Chandler

  • You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Aunt Harriet Crandall

  • So's Your Uncle(1943)

    as Aunt Minerva

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Hi Diddle Diddle(1943)

    as Mrs. Prescott

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Girl Trouble(1942)

    as Celeste Rowland

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • They All Kissed the Bride(1942)

    as Mrs. Drew

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • In This Our Life(1942)

    as Lavinia Timberlake

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • What's Cookin'? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Agatha Courtney

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner(1941)

    as Daisy Stanley

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • One Night In Lisbon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Catherine Enfilden

  • Topper Returns(1941)

    as Mrs. Clara Topper

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • The Wild Man of Borneo(1941)

    as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Hullabaloo(1940)

    as Penny Merriweather

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Dulcy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Eleanor Forbes

  • The Captain is a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Blossy Stort

  • Irene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mrs. Herman Vincent

  • And One Was Beautiful(1940)

    as Julia Lattimer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • The Ghost Comes Home(1940)

    as Cora Adams

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Remember? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mrs. Bronson

  • Eternally Yours(1939)

    as Aunt Abby

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • The Wizard of Oz(1939)

    as Glinda

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Bridal Suite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mrs. Lillian McGill

  • Zenobia(1939)

    as Mrs. Tibbett

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Topper Takes a Trip(1938)

    as Mrs. Clara Topper

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • The Young in Heart(1938)

    as Marmy Carleton

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Merrily We Live(1938)

    as Mrs. Emily Kilbourne

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Everybody Sing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Diana Bellaire

  • Navy Blue and Gold(1937)

    as Mrs. Alyce Gates

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • The Bride Wore Red(1937)

    as Contessa di Meina

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Topper(1937)

    as Mrs. Topper

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Parnell(1937)

    as Clara Wood

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Craig's Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Mrs. Frazier

  • Piccadilly Jim(1936)

    as Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • My American Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Mrs. Robert Cantillon

  • Splendor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Clarissa

  • A Feather in Her Hat(1935)

    as Julia Trent Anders

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • She Couldn't Take It(1935)

    as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Doubting Thomas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Paula Brown

  • Becky Sharp(1935)

    as Lady Bareacres

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • After Office Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mrs. Norwood

  • Society Doctor(1935)

    as Mrs. Crane

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Forsaking All Others(1934)

    as Aunt Paula

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • We're Rich Again(1934)

    as Linda Page

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Where Sinners Meet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Eustasia

  • Finishing School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Mrs. Radcliffe

  • Dinner at Eight(1933)

    as Millicent Jordan

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Only Yesterday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Julia Warren

  • Christopher Strong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Lady Elaine Strong

  • A Bill of Divorcement(1932)

    as Meg Fairfield

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • The Education of Elizabeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Elizabeth Banks

  • The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Belle Johnson

  • Away Goes Prudence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Prudence Thorne

  • Wanted: A Husband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Amanda Darcy Cole

  • Sadie Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Sadie Love

  • The Misleading Widow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Betty Taradine

  • Good Gracious, Annabelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Annabelle Leigh

  • The Make-Believe Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Phyllis Ashbrook

  • In Pursuit of Polly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Polly Marsden

  • Let's Get a Divorce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Mme. Cyprienne Marcey

  • Eve's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Irene Simpson-Bates

  • The Land of Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Nora Marsh

  • Arms and the Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Ruth Sherwood

  • The Mysterious Miss Terry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Mavis Terry

  • Gloria's Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)

  • Peggy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Peggy Cameron

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 87 titles from 1916 to 2000; peak year 1960.

Film career

19162000

Peak 1960 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting87 of 87: 87 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score60th

By decade

1910s13 · acting1920s3 · acting1930s31 · acting1940s26 · acting1950s10 · acting1960s2 · acting1990s1 · acting2000s1 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 18 roles
3242

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Billie Burke's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 42; across their 41 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Reach · how many have seen their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed8

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 40 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Billie Burke's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 12 · minimalMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Billie Burke work with?

People who share at least 2 of Billie Burke's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Donald Meek shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles