Billie Burke Quotes

Billie Burke — American Actress born on August 07, 1885, died on May 14, 1970

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke was an American actress, famous on Broadway and in early silent film, but is primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the movie musical The Wizard of Oz. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1938 for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live and is also remembered for her appearances in the Topper series. Billie Burke was the wife of Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., of Ziegfeld Follies fame, from 1914 until his death in 1932. Her voice was unique in intonation, which she accentuated in her later character roles as dim-witted, spoiled society types... (wikipedia)

Age is of no importance unless you are a cheese.

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

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.

But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?

An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.

Billie Burke Quotes

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