Amilda B. Billie Burke InnesBillie Burke (Chivers) Innes, born April 15, 1918, passed on Dec. 13, 2017, in her home in Fairbanks. Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson, the daughter of legendary Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, died of congestive heart failure April 11 at her home in Los Angeles. Roger S. Baum, an author of 16 "Oz" sequels, says Disney's movie "looks exciting" -- but he has his own Oz movie, starring Lea Michele as Dorothy, on the way. There was a point in her young life where she owned one dress and her mother washed and pressed it each night so it … Her last four weeks were surrounded by family and friends who will deeply miss h

Billie Burke was born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke on August 7, 1885 in Washington, D.C. Billie and Jack were also proudly featured in Tom Brokaw's book, "The Greatest Generation." Family Life. She played Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live. Her father was a circus clown, and as a child she toured the United States and Europe with the circus (before motion pictures and after the stage, circuses were the biggest form of entertainment in the world). SEPT 22: Come hear the fun and fantastical story of Billie Burke’s magical life, from Broadway to her almost 30 years at Burkeley Crest in Hastings! A color image of Billie Burke as Glinda, the good witch in the 1939 movie Wizard of Oz, displayed with an original clipped autograph laid behind the printed image.Frame measures 11 x 7.75 inches.We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. She was born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke and went on to tour with her father, who worked as a circus clown. Actress. She had one daughter and four grandchildren. Boonie Burke Car Accident 1953 Mt Eagle News, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY Oct 29, 1953: Man Seriously Injured When Car Collides With School Bus on Tuesday. Billie F. Burke, 87, of Lubbock passed away on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Her father died in 1932 and she moved to California with her mother. Free and open to all. Born October 11, 1928, in Pontiac, she was the daughter of Elsworth and Leila (Bird) Burke and attended Coldwater High School. Trivia. Billie “Granny” Burke Smith, age 97, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away on Tuesday, March 08, 2016. She was married to … She is best remembered in the role of 'Glinda, the Good Witch of the North', from the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, and in the role of the scatterbrained 'Clara Topper', wife of stuffy banker 'Cosmo Topper', in the Topper series of films from 1937 to 1941). A active character performer for decades next movie, Burke died in California in 1970. ... daughter, Pamela Kruzdlo and husband, Alan of Calhoun, GA; Thirteen grandchildren; Twenty-One great grandchildren and Five great great grandchildren. Being a child of the Great Depression, there was little money for extras. SPECIAL TALK, SUN. Before Fame. She attended UCLA then did some acting and writing for newspapers.. Adulthood Presented by … She grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester County, New York.She also lived at the family's home in Palm Beach, Florida..

Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke and some of the members of the The Wizard of Oz movie cast were involved in some naughty scandals and adulterous affairs during their movie careers. Billie Burke died in Los Angeles of natural causes, aged 85, in 1970 and was interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York, survived by her daughter, Patricia, and four grandchildren. She hosted her talk show, At Home With Billie Burke, from 1951 to 1952. Patricia Ziegfeld was born in New York City in 1916 to Florenz Ziegfeld and Billie Burke. Sunday, 2pm, Hastings Library, 7 Maple Avenue. Reception to follow. She made her stage debut in 1902, performing as a vocalist in London’s Pavilion Music Hall. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 6, 2010 at … Of all the Judy Garland movies, The Wizard of Oz made her famous for her journey to the Land of Oz.