A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.
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I am constantly amazed when I talk to young people to learn how much they know about sex and how little about soap.
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Birth: | 7th August, 1884 |
Death: | 14th May, 1970 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Actress |
Billie Burke was an American actress. She is primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live. Burke was also the wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., of Ziegfeld Follies fame, from 1914 until his death.
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