Billie Burke Net Worth
Is $100,000 Billie Burke Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) Was an...
Billie Burke net worth is
Billie Burke net worth is
$100,000
Billie Burke Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
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. Burke was also the wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., of Ziegfeld Follies fame, from 1914 until his death. | Full Name | Billie Burke |
| Net Worth | $100,000 |
| Date Of Birth | August 7, 1884 |
| Died | May 14, 1970, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Height | 1.6 m |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Profession | Actor, Singer |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. |
| Children | Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson |
| Parents | Blanche E. Burke, William Burke |
| Nicknames | Billie Burke, Burke, Billie |
| IMDB | |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Movies | The Wizard of Oz, Topper, Dinner at Eight, Father of the Bride, Sergeant Rutledge, Merrily We Live, Father's Little Dividend, The Man Who Came to Dinner, A Bill of Divorcement, Topper Returns, Christopher Strong, The Barkleys of Broadway, Topper Takes a Trip, Becky Sharp, The Young in Heart, The You... |
| Star Sign | Leo |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on her husband, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.] Ziegfeld has been portrayed as a man who pursued women. I have even come across a word which, in regard to him, is not only vulgar but incredibly inaccurate. The word is "Chaser." By all the pink-toed prophets, Flo Ziegfeld was never that! Flo never pursed any woman. He was cool and aloof and difficult. But there were times, more times than I prefer to recall, when he made a woman eager for his approval by a mere look, or a small expression, or by a slight grasp of her elbow, a low mumbling request to dance. That was all the effort he ever had to make. The story of one noted dancing girl about how Flo Ziegfeld used to batter down her door is a confection of sheer poppycock. I tell you: I know better. |
| 2 | By the time you get your name up in lights you have worked so hard and so long, and seen so many names go up and down, that all you can think of is: "How can I keep it here?" |
| 3 | [on Hollywood] To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor and the physical stamina of a cow pony. |
| 4 | Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. |
| 5 | [on why she retired] Acting just wasn't any fun anymore. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | She was played by Myrna Loy in "The Great Ziegfeld". |
| 2 | During her early years on the American stage, she mixed socially with Mark Twain, Booth Tarkington, Enrico Caruso, and Somerset Maugham. |
| 3 | She is the 21st great granddaughter of King Edward I. |
| 4 | Her father was the internationally known English clown Billy Burke, who came to the U.S. with P. T. Barnum's circus. |
| 5 | Began her show business career on stage in the British provinces. |
| 6 | Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen. |
| 7 | The $40,000 she was paid for eight weeks work for Peggy (1916) was the largest salary ever paid up to that point to an actor for a single film. |
| 8 | A 1919 Cadillac, owned by her and husband Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. is now in the possession of best-selling author Clive Cussler. |
| 9 | Daughter, with Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.: Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson, born 1916. |
| 10 | Interred at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York, USA. |
| 11 | Best known as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz (1939). |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepe | 1960 | Billie Burke | |
| Sergeant Rutledge | 1960 | Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate | |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1960 | TV Series | Mavis Matthews Conway |
| The Young Philadelphians | 1959 | Mrs. J. Arthur Allen | |
| Playhouse 90 | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Mrs. Purcell / Mrs. Rutledge |
| Matinee Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Aunt |
| The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater | 1955 | TV Series | |
| The Best of Broadway | 1955 | TV Series | Martha Brewster |
| Small Town Girl | 1953 | Mrs. Livingston | |
| Doc Corkle | 1952 | TV Series | |
| All Star Revue | 1951 | TV Series | Guest Actress |
| Father's Little Dividend | 1951 | Doris Dunstan | |
| The Bigelow Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Aunt Amanda |
| Lights Out | 1950 | TV Series | |
| Three Husbands | 1950 | Mrs. Jenny Bard Whittaker | |
| Father of the Bride | 1950 | Doris Dunstan | |
| The Boy from Indiana | 1950 | Zelda Bagley | |
| And Baby Makes Three | 1949 | Mrs. Marvin Fletcher | |
| The Barkleys of Broadway | 1949 | Mrs. Livingston Belney | |
| Billie Gets Her Man | 1948 | Short | Billie Baxter |
| Silly Billy | 1948 | Short | Billie |
| The Bachelor's Daughters | 1946 | Molly Burns | |
| Breakfast in Hollywood | 1946 | Mrs. Frances Cartwright | |
| The Cheaters | 1945 | Clara Pidgeon | |
| Swing Out, Sister | 1945 | Jessica Mariman | |
| Gildersleeve on Broadway | 1943 | Mrs. Laura Chandler | |
| You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith | 1943 | Aunt Harriet Crandall | |
| So's Your Uncle | 1943 | Aunt Minerva | |
| Hi Diddle Diddle | 1943 | Liza Prescott | |
| Girl Trouble | 1942 | Mrs. Rowland | |
| They All Kissed the Bride | 1942 | Mrs. Drew | |
| In This Our Life | 1942 | Lavinia Timberlake | |
| What's Cookin' | 1942 | Agatha Courtney | |
| The Man Who Came to Dinner | 1942 | Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley aka Daisy | |
| One Night in Lisbon | 1941 | Catherine Enfilden | |
| Topper Returns | 1941 | Mrs. Topper | |
| The Wild Man of Borneo | 1941 | Bernice Marshall | |
| Hullabaloo | 1940 | Penny Merriweather | |
| Dulcy | 1940 | Eleanor Forbes | |
| The Captain Is a Lady | 1940 | Blossy Stort | |
| Irene | 1940 | Mrs. Vincent | |
| And One Was Beautiful | 1940 | Mrs. Julia Lattimer | |
| The Ghost Comes Home | 1940 | Cora Adams | |
| Remember? | 1939 | Mrs. Bronson | |
| Eternally Yours | 1939 | Aunt Abby | |
| The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | Glinda | |
| Bridal Suite | 1939 | Mrs. McGill | |
| Zenobia | 1939 | Mrs. Tibbett | |
| Topper Takes a Trip | 1938 | Mrs. Topper | |
| The Young in Heart | 1938 | Marmy Carleton | |
| Merrily We Live | 1938 | Mrs. Kilbourne | |
| Everybody Sing | 1938 | Diana Bellaire | |
| Navy Blue and Gold | 1937 | Mrs. Alyce Gates | |
| The Bride Wore Red | 1937 | Contessa di Meina | |
| Topper | 1937 | Mrs. Clara Topper | |
| Parnell | 1937 | Clara | |
| Craig's Wife | 1936 | Mrs. Frazier | |
| Piccadilly Jim | 1936 | Eugenia Willis, Nesta's Sister | |
| My American Wife | 1936 | Mrs. Robert Cantillon | |
| Splendor | 1935 | Clarissa | |
| A Feather in Her Hat | 1935 | Julia Trent Anders | |
| She Couldn't Take It | 1935 | Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke | |
| Doubting Thomas | 1935 | Paula Brown | |
| Becky Sharp | 1935 | Lady Bareacres | |
| After Office Hours | 1935 | Mrs. Norwood | |
| Society Doctor | 1935 | Mrs. Crane | |
| Forsaking All Others | 1934 | Aunt Paula | |
| We're Rich Again | 1934 | Mrs. Linda Page | |
| Finishing School | 1934 | Mrs. Helen Crawford Radcliff | |
| Where Sinners Meet | 1934 | Eustasia | |
| Only Yesterday | 1933 | Julia Warren | |
| Dinner at Eight | 1933 | Millicent Jordan | |
| Christopher Strong | 1933 | Lady Strong - His Wife | |
| A Bill of Divorcement | 1932 | Margaret | |
| Glorifying the American Girl | 1929 | Billie Burke (uncredited) | |
| The Education of Elizabeth | 1921 | Elizabeth Banks | |
| The Frisky Mrs. Johnson | 1920 | Belle Johnson | |
| Away Goes Prudence | 1920 | Prudence Thorne | |
| Wanted: A Husband | 1919 | Amanda Darcy Cole | |
| Sadie Love | 1919 | Sadie Love | |
| The Misleading Widow | 1919 | Betty Taradine | |
| Good Gracious, Annabelle | 1919 | Annabelle Leigh | |
| The Make-Believe Wife | 1918 | Phyllis Ashbrook | |
| In Pursuit of Polly | 1918 | Polly Marsden | |
| Let's Get a Divorce | 1918 | Mme. Cyprienne Marcey | |
| Eve's Daughter | 1918 | Irene Simpson-Bates | |
| The Land of Promise | 1917 | Nora Marsh | |
| Arms and the Girl | 1917 | Ruth Sherwood | |
| The Mysterious Miss Terry | 1917 | Mavis Terry | |
| Gloria's Romance | 1916 | Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke) | |
| Peggy | 1916 | Peggy Cameron |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned | 2014 | TV Movie documentary performer: "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" | |
| Hi Diddle Diddle | 1943 | performer: "The Pilgrim's Chorus" - uncredited | |
| The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | performer: "Munchkinland Medley: 'Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are', 'The House Began To Pitch', 'As Mayor of the Munchkin City', 'As Coroner, I Must Aver', 'Ding Dong The Witch is Dead', 'Lullaby League', 'Lollipop Guild', and 'We Welcome You to Munchkinland'" 1939 - uncredited | |
| Bridal Suite | 1939 | performer: "Funiculi, Funicula" 1880 - uncredited | |
| Zenobia | 1939 | performer: "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" 1843 - uncredited | |
| We're Rich Again | 1934 | performer: "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes" |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| TV Club | 1951 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Ed Wynn Show | 1950 | TV Series | Herself |
| Texaco Star Theatre | 1949 | TV Series | Herself |
| Picture People No. 2: Hollywood Sports | 1941 | Short | Herself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 | 1930 | Short | Herself, Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld |
| Our Mutual Girl, No. 4 | 1914 | Short | Herself |
| Our Mutual Girl | 1914 | Herself | |
| Biograph Beauty Postcard | 1905 | Short | Herself |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6617 Hollywood Blvd. |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Merrily We Live (1938) |