1884 - 1970
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie musical The Wizard of Oz (1939). Burke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live (1938). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billie Burke has received more than 3,337,901 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Billie Burke is the 3,463rd most popular actor (down from 3,094th in 2019), the 5,346th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,956th in 2019) and the 1,631st most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Billie Burke ranks 3,463 out of 9,996. Before her are Daniel Bernhardt, Henry Czerny, Toby Stephens, Pearl White, Adela Noriega, and Davy Jones. After her are Song Seung-heon, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Kim Raver, Kim Dickens, Francesca Neri, and Martina Gedeck.
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 3,457
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 3,458
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 3,459
1889 - 1938
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 3,460
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 3,461
1945 - 2012
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 3,462
1884 - 1970
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 3,463
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 3,464
1940 - 2011
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 3,465
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 3,466
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 3,467
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 3,468
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 3,469
Among people born in 1884, Billie Burke ranks 138. Before her are Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Oliver Kirk, Bohumil Kubišta, Ants Piip, and Dobri Bozhilov. After her are Ömer Seyfettin, Ludwik Hirszfeld, Sara Teasdale, Claes Johanson, Michel de Klerk, and Harry Ferguson. Among people deceased in 1970, Billie Burke ranks 159. Before her are Kiichiro Higuchi, Ed Begley, František Junek, Nathan Alterman, Abraham Alikhanov, and Cyril Scott. After her are Eva Hesse, Orhan Kemal, Johnny Hodges, Alfred Sturtevant, Pierre Mac Orlan, and Ralph Hartley.
1884 - 1970
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 132
1884 - 1958
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 133
1884 - 1960
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 134
1884 - 1918
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 135
1884 - 1942
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 136
1884 - 1945
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 137
1884 - 1970
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 138
1884 - 1920
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 139
1884 - 1954
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 140
1884 - 1933
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 141
1884 - 1949
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 142
1884 - 1923
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 143
1884 - 1960
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 144
1888 - 1970
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 153
1901 - 1970
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 154
1907 - 1970
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 155
1910 - 1970
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 156
1904 - 1970
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 157
1879 - 1970
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 158
1884 - 1970
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 159
1936 - 1970
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 160
1914 - 1970
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 161
1906 - 1970
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 162
1891 - 1970
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 163
1882 - 1970
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 164
1888 - 1970
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 165
Among people born in United States, Billie Burke ranks 5,346 out of 18,182. Before her are Jesse L. Lasky (1880), Caroline Harrison (1832), Pearl White (1889), Margaret Weis (1948), David Rittenhouse (1732), and Manny Ayulo (1921). After her are Mississippi John Hurt (1892), John Warner (1927), Carl Icahn (1936), Willis Reed (1942), Phyllis Schlafly (1924), and Kim Raver (1969).
1880 - 1958
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 5,340
1832 - 1892
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 5,341
1889 - 1938
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 5,342
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 5,343
1732 - 1796
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 5,344
1921 - 1955
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 5,345
1884 - 1970
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 5,346
1892 - 1966
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 5,347
1927 - 2021
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 5,348
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 5,349
1942 - 2023
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 5,350
1924 - 2016
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 5,351
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 5,352
Among actors born in United States, Billie Burke ranks 1,631. Before her are Leslie Grossman (1971), Marie Doro (1882), Betsy Palmer (1926), Frances Sternhagen (1930), Tom Noonan (1951), and Pearl White (1889). After her are Kim Raver (1969), Kim Dickens (1965), Michael Gross (1947), William Windom (1923), Leslie Mann (1972), and Robert Picardo (1953).
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 1,625
1882 - 1956
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 1,626
1926 - 2015
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 1,627
1930 - 2023
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 1,628
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 1,629
1889 - 1938
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 1,630
1884 - 1970
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 1,631
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 1,632
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 1,633
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 1,634
1923 - 2012
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 1,635
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 1,636
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 1,637