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Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an Oscar
Academy Awards

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-nominated American
United States

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 actress primarily known to modern audiences for her role as Glinda
Glinda

Glinda is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by United States author L. Frank Baum. She is the most powerful Magic of Oz, although a fairy in later books, ruler of the Quadling Country south of the Emerald City, and protector of Princess Ozma....
 the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz.

n as Billie Burke, she toured the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 with a circus
Circus

File:Faroe stamp 416 circus.jpgA circus is commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobatics, clowns, trained animals, trapeze acts, hoopers, tightrope walkers, juggling, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists....
 because her father, Billy Burke, was employed with them as a singing clown
Clown

Clowns are comical performers, stereotypically characterized by their grotesque appearance: colored wigs, Cosmetics, outlandish costumes, unusually large footwear, etc., who entertain spectators by acting in a hilarious fashion....
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Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an Oscar
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
-nominated American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actress primarily known to modern audiences for her role as Glinda
Glinda

Glinda is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by United States author L. Frank Baum. She is the most powerful Magic of Oz, although a fairy in later books, ruler of the Quadling Country south of the Emerald City, and protector of Princess Ozma....
 the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz.

Biography


Early life

Known as Billie Burke, she toured the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 with a circus
Circus

File:Faroe stamp 416 circus.jpgA circus is commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobatics, clowns, trained animals, trapeze acts, hoopers, tightrope walkers, juggling, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists....
 because her father, Billy Burke, was employed with them as a singing clown
Clown

Clowns are comical performers, stereotypically characterized by their grotesque appearance: colored wigs, Cosmetics, outlandish costumes, unusually large footwear, etc., who entertain spectators by acting in a hilarious fashion....
. Her family ultimately settled in London where she was fortunate to see plays in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
's historic West End
West End of London

The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, businesses, headquarters and the commercial West End theatres....
.

She wanted to be a stage actress. In 1903, she began acting on stage, making her debut in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, and eventually returning to America to become the toast of Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 as a musical comedy star. She was praised by The New York Times
The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"?named for its staid appearance and style?is regarded as a national newspaper of record....
 for her charm and her brightness.

Career

Thanks to her representation by famed producer Charles Frohman
Charles Frohman

Charles Frohman was a Jewish United States of America theatrical producer.One of three Frohman brothers, he was born in Sandusky, Ohio. He was the youngest, his older brothers being: Daniel Frohman and Gustave Frohman ....
, Burke went on to play leads on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 in Mrs. Dot, Suzanne, The Runaway, The "Mind-the-Paint" Girl, and The Land of Promise from 1910 to 1913, along with a supporting role in the revival of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero’s The Amazons.

There she caught the eye of producer Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. , called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway theatre impresario. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies , inspired by the Folies Berg?res of Paris....
, marrying him in 1914. In 1916, they had one daughter, Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson
Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson

Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson was an United States author. Stephenson was the only child of Broadway theater impresario, Florenz Ziegfeld, and actress Billie Burke, who may be best known for portraying Glinda in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz ....
 (1916-2008). She was quickly signed for the movies, making her film debut in the title role of Peggy (1916). She continued to appear on the stage, and sometimes she starred on the screen. She loved the stage more than movie-business, not only because it was her first love, but also because it allowed her to have speaking parts (impossible in silent movies). But when the family's savings were wiped out in the Crash of 1929, she had no choice but to return to the screen. In 1932 Billie Burke made her Hollywood comeback, starring as Margaret Fairfield in A Bill of Divorcement
A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement is a United Kingdom play written by Clemence Dane that debuted in 1921 in London. Dane wrote it as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that allowed insanity as grounds for a woman divorcing her husband....
, directed by George Cukor
George Cukor

'George Cukor' was an Academy Award-winning United States film director. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed a string of impressive films including What Price Hollywood? , A Bill of Divorcement , Dinner at Eight , Little Women , Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copp...
, though the film is better known as Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an United States actress of film, television and stage.Acclaimed throughout her 73-year career, Hepburn holds the record for the most Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Awards wins with four, from 12 nominations....
's film debut (Burke played Hepburn's mother). Despite the death of Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. , called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway theatre impresario. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies , inspired by the Folies Berg?res of Paris....
 during the film's production, Billie Burke resumed filming shortly after his funeral.

In 1933, Burke was cast as Mrs. Millicent Jordan, a scatterbrained high-society woman hosting a dinner party in the comedy Dinner at Eight, directed by George Cukor
George Cukor

'George Cukor' was an Academy Award-winning United States film director. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed a string of impressive films including What Price Hollywood? , A Bill of Divorcement , Dinner at Eight , Little Women , Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copp...
, co-starring with Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore was an United States Academy Award-winning actor of stage, radio and film....
, Marie Dressler
Marie Dressler

Marie Dressler was an Academy Awards-winning Canada actress....
, John Barrymore
John Barrymore

John Sidney Blyth Barrymore , was an American actor, frequently called the greatest of his generation. He first gained fame as a stage actor, lauded for his portrayals of Hamlet and Richard III ....
, Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. Known as the "Platinum Blonde" and the "Blonde Bombshell" due to her famous platinum blonde hair, and ranked as one of the greatest movie stars of all time AFI's 100 Years......
 and Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery was an United States Academy Award-winning actor, arguably best known for his portrayal of Long John Silver in Treasure Island , who appeared in 200 movies over a 36-year span....
. The movie was a great success, and revived Burke's career. She subsequently starred in many comedies and musicals, typecast as a ditzy, fluffy and feather-brained upper-class matron, due to her helium-filled voice.

In 1936, MGM filmed a biopic of her deceased husband (The Great Ziegfeld
The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld is a musical film produced by MGM. Although the film is a fictionalized biography of Florenz Ziegfeld from his show business beginnings to his death, it showcases a series of spectacular musical productions....
), a film that won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Actress (Luise Rainer
Luise Rainer

Luise Rainer is a two-time Academy Awards-winning Germany film actress. Of living Academy Awards winners, she holds the earliest-awarded Oscars....
 as Ziegfeld's common-law wife, Anna Held
Anna Held

Helene Anna Held was a Poland-born stage performer, most often associated with impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband....
). Burke was herself a character in the film, but she was not cast as herself. Instead, prominent actress Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, but after a few minor roles in silent films, she devoted herself fully to an acting career, and from 1925 gradually established herself as a film actress....
 essayed the role of Burke. Coincidentally, Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger was an United States entertainer of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of the Scarecrow and Kansas farmworker Hunk in the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz ....
 who was later cast as the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 in film Cinema of the United States musical film-fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 Children's literature novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L....
 (1939
1939 in film

The year 1939 in film involved some significant events....
) also starred as himself in the movie.

In 1937 she appeared in the first of the Topper
Topper (film)

Topper is a comedy film which tells the story of a stuffy, stuck-in-his-ways man who is haunted by the ghosts of a fun-loving married couple....
 series of films, about a man haunted by two socialite ghosts (played by Cary Grant
Cary Grant

Archibald Alec Leach , better known by his stage name, Cary Grant, was a British-born American actor. With his distinctive yet not quite placeable accent, he was noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, handsome, virile, charismatic and charming....
 and Constance Bennett
Constance Bennett

Constance Campbell Bennett was an United States actor. Known as much for her elegant persona as for her acting career, Bennett was one of Hollywood's most luminous stars, delivering amusing, madcap, and occasionally arch performances that belie her ornamental reputation....
), in which she played the tremulous and daffy Clara Topper. Her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live
Merrily We Live

Merrily We Live is a 1938 in film film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Constance Bennett, Bonita Granville, Brian Aherne, Alan Mowbray, Billie Burke, Clarence Kolb, Tom Brown, Patsy Kelly, Willie Best, Marjorie Kane, and Ann Dvorak....
 (1938) resulted in her only Oscar
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
 nomination.

In 1938 (at age 53) she was chosen to play Glinda
Glinda

Glinda is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by United States author L. Frank Baum. She is the most powerful Magic of Oz, although a fairy in later books, ruler of the Quadling Country south of the Emerald City, and protector of Princess Ozma....
, "the Good Witch of the North", in the Oscar-winning seminal 1939 musical film The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 in film Cinema of the United States musical film-fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 Children's literature novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L....
, directed by Victor Fleming
Victor Fleming

Victor Fleming was an Academy Award-winning United States film director....
, with Judy Garland
Judy Garland

Judy Garland was an American actress and alto singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage....
. Another successful series followed with Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride (1950 film)

Father of the Bride is a 1950 comedy film which tells the story of a man trying to cope with all of the disasters that happen along the way from the time that his daughter announces that she's engaged until the wedding actually occurs....
 (1950) and Father's Little Dividend
Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend is a 1951 in film comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor....
 (1951), both directed by Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli was a Hollywood film director and Theatre director. His skilled integration of story, music, lighting, and design elements in a film made him the most critically respected crafter of musical film....
 and starring Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy was a two-time Academy Award winning actor of theatre and film, who appeared in 74 films from 1930 in film to 1967 in film. He is generally regarded as one of the finest actors in motion picture history....
, Joan Bennett
Joan Bennett

Joan Geraldine Bennett was an Cinema of the United States stage, film and television actress. Besides acting on the theatre, Bennett appeared in more than 70 film from the era of silent film through half a century of the sound film....
, and Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, Order of the British Empire , also known as Liz Taylor, is an England-born American actress.Known for her acting skills and beauty, as well as her Cinema of the United States lifestyle, including many marriages, Taylor is considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood's golden years, as well as a la...
.

She wrote two autobiographies, both with Cameron Van Shippe: With a Feather on My Nose (Appleton 1949) and With Powder on My Nose (Coward McCann, 1959).

Radio and television
On CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
, The Billie Burke Show was heard on Saturday mornings from April 3, 1943 to September 21, 1946. Sponsored by Listerine, this situation comedy was initially titled Fashions in Rations during its first year. Portraying herself as a featherbrained Good Samaritan who lived "in the little white house on Sunnyview Lane," she always offered a helping hand to those in her neighborhood. She worked often in early television, appearing in the short-lived sitcom Doc Corkle (1952).

Burke tried to make a comeback on the New York stage. She starred in two short-lived productions: This Rock and Mrs. January and Mr. Ex. Although Burke got good reviews, the plays did not. She appeared in several plays in California as well, although her mind became clouded, and she had trouble remembering lines. In the late 1950s, her failing memory led to her retirement from show business, although her explanation for that was, "Acting just wasn't any fun anymore."

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Her last screen appearance was in Sergeant Rutledge, a Western directed by John Ford
John Ford

John Ford was an United States film director of Ireland heritage famous for both his western such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath ....
 in 1960.

Death

Billie Burke died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 of dementia
Dementia

Dementia is the progressive decline in cognition due to damage or disease in the body beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Although dementia is far more common in the geriatric population, it may occur in any stage of adulthood....
, thought to be Alzheimer's and natural causes, aged 85, in 1970 and was interred at Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery

File:The Lake at Kensico Cemetery.JPGFile:Kensico Grave Marker.JPGKensico Cemetery, located in Valhalla, New York, Westchester County, New York, was founded in 1889, when many New York City cemeteries were becoming full, and rural cemeteries were being created near the railroads which served the city....
, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York
Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a primarily suburban Political subdivisions of New York State#County located in the U.S. state of New York with about 950,000 residents....
, survived by her daughter, Patricia, and four grandchildren.

Legacy

For many years, Burke's framed photo was displayed above the exit staircase at New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
's Ziegfeld Theatre
Ziegfeld Theatre

The Ziegfeld Theatre was a Broadway theatre theatre formerly located at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 54th Street in Manhattan, New York City....
, but it curiously vanished after renovations to it. However, an opening night program, bearing a picture of Burke, from her 1912 triumph The Mind The Paint Girl (Sir Arthur Wing Pinero) is still displayed in the lobby of the Lyceum Theatre in New York City.

Quote

"Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese."

Radio


  • The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air
    The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air

    The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air, broadcast on CBS during the 1930s, attempted to bring the success of Florenz Ziegfeld's stage shows to the new medium of radio....
     - 1932
  • Good News of 1939 - 1938
  • The Rudy Vallee Hour - 1939
  • The Gulf Screen Guild Theater - 1939
  • The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show - 1940-41
  • The Pepsodent Show - 1941
  • The Billie Burke Show - 1943-1946
  • Duffy's Tavern
    Duffy's Tavern

    Duffy's Tavern, an United Statesn radio programming situation comedy , often featured top-name stage and film guest stars but always hooked those around the misadventures, get-rich-quick-scheming, and romantic missteps of the title establishment's malaprop-prone, metaphor-mixing manager, Archie, played by the writer/actor who co-created...
     - 1944
  • The Sealtest Village Store - 1944
  • Mail Call
    Mail Call

    Mail Call is a documentary film television program appearing on History and hosted by R. Lee Ermey, a retired United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant, ....
     - 1944
  • The Charlie McCarthy Show - 1944-47
  • Tribute to Ethel Barrymore - 1945
  • The Rudy Vallee Show - 1945
  • Show Stoppers
    Show stoppers

    The Showstoppers were a four-piece human voice soul music musical ensemble from Philadelphia, their line-up including Alex and Laddie, younger brothers of Solomon Burke....
     - 1946
  • The Danny Kaye Show
    The Danny Kaye Show

    The Danny Kaye Show was a variety show on the CBS Television Network which ran from 1963 to 1967 on Wednesday nights. Directed by Robert Scheerer, the show premiered in black-and-white, but later switched to color broadcasts....
     - 1946
  • WOR 25th Anniversary - 1947
  • Your Movietown Radio Theatre - 1948
  • The Eddie Cantor Pabst Blue Ribbon Show - 1948
  • Family Theater
    Family Theater

    Family Theater was an old-time radio show which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the United States from February 13, 1947 to September 11, 1957....
     - 1948-52
  • This Is Show Business - 1949
  • The Martin and Lewis Show - 1949
  • The Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel - 1949
  • Stagestruck - 1954
  • Biography in Sound - 1955-56


Broadway


  • My Wife - 1907
  • Love Watches - 1908
  • Mrs. Dot - 1910
  • Suzanne (stage show)
    Suzanne (stage show)

    Suzanne was an United States Broadway theatre comedy play that was written by Frantz Fonson and Fernand Wicheler. It opened on December 26 1910 and closed in February 1911....
     - 1910
  • The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard - 1911
  • The Runaway - 1911
  • The Amazons - 1913
  • The Land of Promise - 1913
  • Jerry
    Jerry

    Jerry may refer to:In modern culture* Jerry Garcia , guitarist and vocalist for the American jam band, The Grateful Dead* Jerry Guscott English retired rugby union player and commentator...
     - 1914
  • The Rescuing Angel - 1917
  • A Marriage of Convenience - 1918
  • Caesar's Wife - 1919
  • The Intimate Strangers - 1921
  • Rose Briar - 1922
  • Annie Dear - 1924
  • The Marquise - 1927
  • The Happy Husband - 1928
  • Family Affairs
    Family Affairs

    Family Affairs was a United Kingdom soap opera broadcast on Five . It was the second programme to air on the channel on March 30, 1997, the channel's launch night....
     - 1929
  • The Truth Game - 1930
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 - 1934
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1936
    Ziegfeld Follies of 1936

    The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 is a musical revue of that year with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by Vernon Duke and sketches by Gershwin and David Freedman; the original orchestration was by Robert Russell Bennett, Conrad Sallinger, Hans Spialek and Don Walker ....
     - 1936
  • This Rock - 1943
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 - 1943
  • Mrs. January and Mr. X - 1944


Filmography

  • Peggy (1916)
  • Gloria's Romance (1916)
  • The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917)
  • Arms and the Girl (1917)
  • The Land of Promise (1917)
  • Eve's Daughter (1918)
  • Let's Get a Divorce (1918)
  • In Pursuit of Polly (1918)
  • The Make-Believe Wife (1918)
  • Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919)
  • The Misleading Widow (1919)
  • Sadie Love (1919)
  • Wanted: A Husband (1919)
  • Away Goes Prudence (1920)
  • The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)
  • The Education of Elizabeth (1921)
  • A Bill of Divorcement
    A Bill of Divorcement

    A Bill of Divorcement is a United Kingdom play written by Clemence Dane that debuted in 1921 in London. Dane wrote it as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that allowed insanity as grounds for a woman divorcing her husband....
     (1932)
  • Christopher Strong
    Christopher Strong

    Christopher Strong is a 1933 in film RKO film, directed by Dorothy Arzner and starring Katharine Hepburn in her second screen role. The screenplay by Zo? Akins is adapted from the novel by Gilbert Frankau....
     (1933)
  • Dinner at Eight (1933)
  • Only Yesterday
    Only Yesterday (1933 film)

    Only Yesterday is a 1933 in film drama film about a young woman who makes love with her soldier boyfriend and becomes pregnant before he rushes off to fight in World War I....
     (1933)
  • Where Sinners Meet (1934)
  • Finishing School (1934)
  • We're Rich Again (1934)
  • Forsaking All Others
    Forsaking All Others

    Forsaking All Others is a 1934 in film motion picture directed by W.S. Van Dyke, and starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery ....
     (1934)
  • Society Doctor (1935)
  • After Office Hours
    After Office Hours

    After Office Hours is a 1935 film starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett and film director by Robert Z. Leonard....
     (1935)
  • Becky Sharp
    Becky Sharp (film)

    Becky Sharp is an Cinema of the United States film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, and Alan Mowbray....
     (1935)
  • Doubting Thomas (1935)
  • She Couldn't Take It
    She Couldn't Take It

    She Couldn't Take It is a 1935 in film comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Tay Garnett, written by Charles Graham Baker, Gene Towne and Oliver H.P....
     (1935)
  • A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
  • Splendor (1935)
  • My American Wife (1936)
  • Piccadilly Jim
    Piccadilly Jim

    Piccadilly Jim is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on February 24 1917 by Dodd, Mean and Co., New York, and in the United Kingdom in May 1918 by Herbert Jenkins, London....
     (1936)
  • Craig's Wife (1936)
  • Parnell
    Parnell (film)

    Parnell is a 1937 film starring Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell, the famous Irish politician.It is considered Gable's worst film, and is classified in The Fifty Worst Films of All Time....
     (1937)
  • Topper
    Topper (film)

    Topper is a comedy film which tells the story of a stuffy, stuck-in-his-ways man who is haunted by the ghosts of a fun-loving married couple....
     (1937)
  • The Bride Wore Red
    The Bride Wore Red

    The Bride Wore Red is a 1937 in film motion picture, directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young and Billie Burke....
     (1937)
  • Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
  • Everybody Sing (1938)
  • Merrily We Live
    Merrily We Live

    Merrily We Live is a 1938 in film film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Constance Bennett, Bonita Granville, Brian Aherne, Alan Mowbray, Billie Burke, Clarence Kolb, Tom Brown, Patsy Kelly, Willie Best, Marjorie Kane, and Ann Dvorak....
     (1938)
  • The Young in Heart
    The Young in Heart

    The Young in Heart is a comedy film starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, and Billie Burke.Made by Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists, the movie was directed by Richard Wallace and produced by David O....
     (1938)
  • Topper Takes a Trip
    Topper Takes a Trip

    Topper Takes a Trip is a 1938 in film film sequel of Topper . Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke and Alan Mowbray reprised their roles from the earlier movie; only Cary Grant was missing ....
     (1939)
  • Zenobia
    Zenobia (film)

    Zenobia is a 1939 in film comedy film starring Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, James Ellison , Jean Parker, June Lang, Stepin Fetchit, and Hattie McDaniel....
     (1939)
  • Bridal Suite (1939)
  • The Wizard of Oz
    The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

    The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 in film Cinema of the United States musical film-fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 Children's literature novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L....
     (1939)
  • Eternally Yours
    Eternally Yours (film)

    Eternally Yours is a comedy film made by Walter Wanger and released by United Artists. The film was produced and directed by Tay Garnett with Walter Wanger as executive producer, from a screenplay by C....
     (1939)
  • Remember? (1939)
  • The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
  • Irene
    Irene (film)

    Irene is a 1940 in film musical film about a shopgirl, played by Anna Neagle, who attracts two wealthy admirers. It is a remake of the 1926 in film silent film starring Colleen Moore, which is in turn based on the hit 1919 musical play by James Montgomery....
     (1940)
  • The Captain Is a Lady (1940)
  • Dulcy (1940)
  • Hullabaloo
    Hullabaloo (film)

    Hullabaloo is a 1940 in film musical comedy film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Nat Perrin. It stars Frank Morgan, Virginia Grey, Dan Dailey, Billie Burke, Donald Meek, Reginald Owen and Connie Gilchrist....
     (1940)
  • And One Was Beautiful (1940)
  • The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
  • Topper Returns
    Topper Returns

    Topper Returns is the third and final entry in the initial series of films inspired by the novels of Thorne Smith. It followed Topper and Topper Takes a Trip ....
     (1941)
  • One Night in Lisbon (1941)
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner
    The Man Who Came to Dinner (film)

    The Man Who Came to Dinner is a 1942 in film black-and-white comedy film based on the The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman....
     (1942)
  • What's Cookin'?
    What's Cookin'?

    What's Cookin'? is a 1942 in film musical film starring The Andrews Sisters, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige and Gloria Jean. The film was directed by Edward F....
     (1942)
  • In This Our Life
    In This Our Life

    In This Our Life is a 1942 film about two sisters, Stanley and Roy Timberlake. Stanley runs off with Roy's husband. Soon, she drives him to suicide and so, she returns home, only to find that her sister, Roy, fell in love with her ex-fianc?, Craig....
     (1942)
  • They All Kissed the Bride
    They All Kissed the Bride

    They All Kissed the Bride is a Columbia Pictures feature film starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Roland Young, and Billie Burke in a story about a trucking firm executive who falls in love....
     (1942)
  • Girl Trouble (1942)
  • Hi Diddle Diddle
    Hi Diddle Diddle

    Hi Diddle Diddle is a black and white film comedy film made in 1943 in film, starring Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Dennis O'Keefe, June Havoc, Billie Burke, and Pola Negri....
     (1943)
  • So's Your Uncle (1943)
  • You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)
  • Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
  • The Laramie Trail (1944)
  • Swing Out, Sister
    Swing Out, Sister

    Swing Out, Sister is a musical film starring Rod Cameron and Billie Burke. Two people get jobs anonymously at a jazz club without telling their upper class families....
     (1945)
  • The Cheaters
    The Cheaters

    The Cheaters , also known as The Castaway, is a virtually unknown Christmas tale about a has-been actor invited to Christmas dinner by a rich family....
     (1945)
  • Breakfast in Hollywood
    Breakfast in Hollywood

    Breakfast in Hollywood was a popular morning radio show created and hosted by Tom Breneman who broadcast from 1941 to 1948 on three different radio networks: NBC Radio, ABC Radio and Mutual Broadcasting System....
     (1946)
  • The Bachelor's Daughters (1946)
  • Billie Gets Her Man (1948)
  • The Barkleys of Broadway
    The Barkleys of Broadway

    The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 in film musical film from the Arthur Freed unit at MGM that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after ten years apart....
     (1949)
  • Father of the Bride
    Father of the Bride (1950 film)

    Father of the Bride is a 1950 comedy film which tells the story of a man trying to cope with all of the disasters that happen along the way from the time that his daughter announces that she's engaged until the wedding actually occurs....
     (1950)
  • Father's Little Dividend
    Father's Little Dividend

    Father's Little Dividend is a 1951 in film comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor....
     (1951)
  • Small Town Girl
    Small Town Girl (1953 film)

    Small Town Girl is a musical film directed by L?szl? Kardos and starring Jane Powell, Farley Granger, and Ann Miller. Busby Berkeley choreographed several dance numbers....
     (1953)
  • The Young Philadelphians
    The Young Philadelphians

    The Young Philadelphians is a 1959 film starring Paul Newman and Barbara Rush, and directed by Vincent Sherman.Awards and nominations...
     (1959)
  • Sergeant Rutledge
    Sergeant Rutledge

    Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 film directed by John Ford, with Woody Strode in the title role. The film, controversial for its time, has Strode as a black sergeant in the United States Cavalry accused of the rape and murder of a white girl....
     (1960)
  • Pepe
    Pepe (film)

    Pepe is a 1960 movie starring Cantinflas in the title role, directed by George Sidney. A multitude of cameo appearances attempted to replicate the success of Mario Moreno's American debut, Around the World in Eighty Days , produced by Mike Todd in 1956....
     (1960)


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