Portrait of Billie Burke

Acting

Billie Burke

Career

Active from 1916 to 2000, with a break from 1961 to 1999, busiest in 1935 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
36
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Billie Burke Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.1, average 4.1
  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.5, average 4.8
  • Tension
    3.9, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 8
  • Classic Hollywood 6
  • Lighthearted 5
  • Romantic Comedy 5
  • Screwball Comedy 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Supernatural 3
  • Golden Age Cinema 3
  • Situational Humor 3
  • Witty Dialogue 3
  • Early Cinema 3
  • Golden Age Hollywood 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)

as Glinda (archive footage)

1990s

1 title ยท average score 88
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
GoodWatch score 88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

2 titles ยท average score 70
Sergeant Rutledge
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
GoodWatch score 84

as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

Pepe
Pepe (1960)
GoodWatch score 56

as Billie Burke

1950s

10 titles ยท average score 67
The Young Philadelphians
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mrs. J. Arthur Allen

77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show

The Star Wagon
The Star Wagon (1957)

as Mrs. Rutledge

Matinee Theater
Matinee Theater (1955)

TV show

Small Town Girl
Small Town Girl (1953)
GoodWatch score 45

as Mrs. Livingston

Doc Corkle
Doc Corkle (1952)

TV show ยท as Melinda

Father's Little Dividend
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
GoodWatch score 75

as Doris Dunstan

Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride (1950)
GoodWatch score 76

as Doris Dunstan

The Boy From Indiana
The Boy From Indiana (1950)

as Zelda Bagley

Three Husbands
Three Husbands (1950)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jenny Bard Whittaker

1940s

26 titles ยท average score 63
The Barkleys of Broadway
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mrs. Livingston Belney

Breakfast in Hollywood
Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mrs. Frances Cartwright

The Cheaters
The Cheaters (1945)
GoodWatch score 61

as Clara Pidgeon

Gildersleeve on Broadway
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mrs. Laura Chandler

So's Your Uncle
So's Your Uncle (1943)

as Aunt Minerva

Girl Trouble
Girl Trouble (1942)
GoodWatch score 71

as Celeste Rowland

In This Our Life
In This Our Life (1942)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lavinia Timberlake

They All Kissed the Bride
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mrs. Drew

The Wild Man of Borneo
The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
GoodWatch score 64

as Bernice Marshall, Boardinghouse Keeper

The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
GoodWatch score 68

as Daisy Stanley

Topper Returns
Topper Returns (1941)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mrs. Clara Topper

The Ghost Comes Home
The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
GoodWatch score 58

as Cora Adams

1930s

31 titles ยท average score 63
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
GoodWatch score 88

as Glinda

Zenobia
Zenobia (1939)
GoodWatch score 56

as Mrs. Tibbett

Topper Takes a Trip
Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mrs. Clara Topper

Topper
Topper (1937)
GoodWatch score 80

as Mrs. Topper

Parnell
Parnell (1937)
GoodWatch score 48

as Clara Wood

Craig's Wife
Craig's Wife (1936)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mrs. Frazier

Society Doctor
Society Doctor (1935)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mrs. Crane

Finishing School
Finishing School (1934)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mrs. Radcliffe

We're Rich Again
We're Rich Again (1934)
GoodWatch score 63

as Linda Page

Forsaking All Others
Forsaking All Others (1934)
GoodWatch score 58

as Aunt Paula

Christopher Strong
Christopher Strong (1933)
GoodWatch score 68

as Lady Elaine Strong

A Bill of Divorcement
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
GoodWatch score 61

as Meg Fairfield

1920s

3 titles
The Education of Elizabeth
The Education of Elizabeth (1921)

as Elizabeth Banks

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)

as Belle Johnson

Away Goes Prudence
Away Goes Prudence (1920)

as Prudence Thorne

1910s

13 titles
The Misleading Widow
The Misleading Widow (1919)

as Betty Taradine

Sadie Love
Sadie Love (1919)

as Sadie Love

Wanted: A Husband
Wanted: A Husband (1919)

as Amanda Darcy Cole

Good Gracious, Annabelle
Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919)

as Annabelle Leigh

In Pursuit of Polly
In Pursuit of Polly (1918)

as Polly Marsden

The Make-Believe Wife
The Make-Believe Wife (1918)

as Phyllis Ashbrook

Let's Get a Divorce
Let's Get a Divorce (1918)

as Mme. Cyprienne Marcey

Eve's Daughter
Eve's Daughter (1918)

as Irene Simpson-Bates

The Land of Promise
The Land of Promise (1917)

as Nora Marsh

Arms and the Girl
Arms and the Girl (1917)

as Ruth Sherwood

Peggy
Peggy (1916)

as Peggy Cameron

Gloria's Romance
Gloria's Romance (1916)

as Gloria Stafford (as Miss Billie Burke)