Billie Burke
Popularity:0.207
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1884-08-05
Place of Birth:Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Also Known As:Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke, Miss Billie Burke

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow...

Father of the Bride (1950)
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding...

Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon...

Topper (1937)
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of...

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.

The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917)
In her first Paramount film, Billie Burke plays Helen Wentworth, an heiress who's bored with the high life and decides to enjoy a bit of the low life.

The Land of Promise (1917)
Based on the 1913 play The Land of Promise by W. Somerset Maugham about Nora Marsh and her life which ends in a farm.

Eve's Daughter (1918)
Eve's Daughter was the fourth and final screen teaming of Billie Burke and Thomas Meighan. This time out, Burke is cast as Irene Simpson-Bates, who...

In Pursuit of Polly (1918)
Pretty Polly Marsden is ardently pursued by three different Romeos, but she coyly refuses to choose between them. When they insist that she give them...

The Make-Believe Wife (1918)
Several young couples have gathered at a vacation home in the mountains. The group of friends go climbing, but Phyllis Ashbrook and John Manning...

Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919)
When the father of sixteen-year-old Annabelle Leigh (Billie Burke) is killed in a fight, miner John Rawson (Herbert Rawlinson) snatches her away from...

Sadie Love (1919)
Society miss Sadie Love has just wed Prince Luigi Pallavincini when she gets a phone call from Jimmie Wakely, a suitor she has not seen in a year....

Away Goes Prudence (1920)
Prudence, a young society woman and aviatrix, is forbidden to continue flying by her fiancé Hewitt and her father. In defiance, she stages her...

The Education of Elizabeth (1921)
Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are...

The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and...

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior...

The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal...

Everybody Sing (1938)
Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical...

In This Our Life (1942)
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in her side is writer Michael Holmes who is writing a book...

The Young in Heart (1938)
A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.

Christopher Strong (1933)
A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.

Becky Sharp (1935)
The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's book...

Topper Returns (1941)
Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her...

Dinner at Eight (1933)
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of...

After Office Hours (1935)
A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.

A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to...

Pepe (1960)
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss....

Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
On a trip to New York, a small-town blowhard gets caught between a wealthy widow and a gold digger.

Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost...

Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set...

Eternally Yours (1939)
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a...

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension...

Craig's Wife (1936)
Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult...

Forsaking All Others (1934)
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.

The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

Irene (1940)
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate....

Merrily We Live (1938)
Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep...

Zenobia (1939)
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

Small Town Girl (1953)
Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's...

The Bride Wore Red (1937)
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.

Only Yesterday (1933)
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in...

Society Doctor (1935)
Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.

Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.

Piccadilly Jim (1936)
Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with...

The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

Dulcy (1940)
A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's...

And One Was Beautiful (1940)
A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.

The Cheaters (1945)
An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-actor they take in for Christmas charity...

And Baby Makes Three (1949)
A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.

My American Wife (1936)
Ann Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona, where the richest man in town is grizzled old Indian...

Finishing School (1934)
Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the...

Doubting Thomas (1935)
A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local production. When she begins to neglect him, he decides...

Hullabaloo (1940)
A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.

Remember? (1939)
Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jeff, Linda and Jeff fall in love and marry. But...

We're Rich Again (1934)
A polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.

Swing Out, Sister (1945)
Universal cowboy star Rod Cameron plays Geoffrey, conductor of a high-toned symphony orchestra. Secretly harboring the desire to become a swingin'...

The Bachelor's Daughters (1946)
A department store floor walker is persuaded by four husband-seeking salesgirls to pose as their father in a Long Island mansion which they have...

A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph...

She Couldn't Take It (1935)
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His...

Parnell (1937)
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to...

Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in...

Bridal Suite (1939)
A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.

Splendor (1935)
When Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their disappointment in his choice obvious. Facing bankruptcy and...

The Golden Twenties (1950)
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.

Girl Trouble (1942)
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.

Where Sinners Meet (1934)
A pair of lovers are secreting away to Paris for a quick divorce and marriage when they find themselves trapped in a "hotel" where they are forced to...

Ziegfeld on Film (2004)
This short documentary includes interviews with Florenz Ziegfeld's daughter Patricia and actress Luise Rainer. Ziegfeld's life and the making of the...

Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
The goings on of a few members of a radio show's audience is the premise for this feature film derived from the popular ABC radio show of the 1940s....

What's Cookin'? (1942)
J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the...

One Night In Lisbon (1941)
Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference from her fiancee and his ex.

The Captain Is a Lady (1940)
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only...

The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)
The movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) with the soundtrack replaced by Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973); several uncanny moments of...

That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to...

The Boy From Indiana (1950)
Happy-go-lucky aspiring sportswriter Lon Decker from Indiana who has aspirations of becoming a sportswriter meets the shrewd and larcenous old man,...

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson is a 1920 silent film comedy starring Billie Burke. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount...

So's Your Uncle (1943)
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not...

You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)
A young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually...

Arms and the Girl (1917)
Ziegfeld Follies headliner Billie Burke starred in a handful of silent films, of which Arms and the Girl was the second. Burke plays an American lass...

Let's Get a Divorce (1918)
A bit too immature for marriage, Cyprienne allows her pretty head to be turned by an egotistical fop. The girl demands that her husband Prunelles...

Three Husbands (1950)
When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions...

Peggy (1916)
The heroine, Peggy Cameron, is a high-society debutante with a mind of her own. After making a public spectacle of herself once too often, Peggy is...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of...

Gloria's Romance (1916)
An adventurous young girl in Florida gets herself lost in the Everglades and finds terror and excitement, as well as the rivalry of two men in love...

Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the...

The Misleading Widow (1919)
The Misleading Widow is a 1919 silent film comedy starring Billie Burke as Betty Taradine. It was based on the 1917 stage play Billeted by F....

Billie Gets Her Man (1948)
Billie has the mistaken impression that her only daughter is pregnant and must rush to the hospital. At the same time, her old boyfriend, now...

The Dark Side of Oz (1995)
Pink Floyd Meets The Wizard of Oz

77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

Matinee Theater (1955)
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily...

Lights Out (1949)
Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the...

Doc Corkle (1952)
Doc Corkle is an American Television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC on Sunday nights for three weeks from October 5 to October 19, 1952. The show's...