What is Billie Burke?
[[File:Billie Burke Ziegfeld.jpg|thumb|Burke in 1935]] '''Billie Burke''' (August 7, 1884 - December 12, 2009) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Theatre|stage]], [[movie]], and [[television]] actress. She was born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke in [[Washington, D.C.]] Her father was the [[circus]] [[clown]], Billie Burke. She married Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. on 11 April 1914. He died on 22 July 1932. They had one child, a daughter. Burke played Glinda, the Good Witch, in the 1939 [[MGM]] movie ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''. She died of natural causes in [[Los Angeles, California]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Billie}} [[Category:1884 births]] [[Category:2009 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] {{US-actor-stub}}