Billie Burke Biography

Fast Facts

• The Lyceum Theatre in New York City kept an opening night program from "The Mind The Paint Girl" bearing her picture and displayed it in the lobby
• A park in New York City was named the Burke Estate in her honor
• Her photo was displayed above the exit staircase at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre for many years, but it disappeared after a renovation
• Made her stage debut in London, but soon returned to America to star in Broadway musical comedies
• Enjoyed watching lays in London's West End when she was a girl
• Quote: "[on "The Wizard of Oz"] "There's child enough in all of us to be thrilled with the settings and the feeling of this picture․""
• Quote: "It has terrified me a little to think of living up to the children's idea of what a Good Fairy must be․"
• Best remembered for playing the iconic role of Glinda the Good Witch in the film "The Wizard of Oz․"
• Was often cast as a ditzy, upper-class matron in films
• Wrote the autobiographies "With a Feather on My Nose" and "With Powder on My Nose․"