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If I ever loved a man better than I love my art, I should marry him and leave the stage. But I have never met such a man.
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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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