How old was Billie Burke in the movie The Wizard of Oz?
Billie Burke was 54 in The Wizard of Oz when she played the character 'Glinda the Good Witch of the North'.
That was over 84 years ago in 1939.
In 1970 she died aged 85, starring in 85 films in her career, 40 of those after The Wizard of Oz was first released. If she were alive today she would be 138.
How old do you think she looks in the movie?
In The Wizard of Oz, I think Billie Burke looks:
Did you know?
- Director Victor Fleming has worked with Billie Burke just once in her career.
- Billie Burke's first movie was as 'Peggy Cameron' in Peggy, released in 1916 when she was 30
- The Wizard of Oz scores 7.58 out of 10 on TMDB.
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