Billie Burke [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 238631
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [between 1895 and 1905]
- 1 postcard : b&w ; oval image 8.7 x 6.3 cm., on sheet 13.9 x 8.8 cm.
- Biography/History:
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Billie Burke was born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke on Aug. 7, 1885 in Washington, D.C. As a child, she toured the US and Europe with the circus and her family settled in London. At the age of 18 she made her debut as an actress and became very popular. She went to NYC when she was 22. Her first film was in 1916's Peggy playing the lead role and in 1921, she appeared as Elizabeth Banks in The Education of Elizabeth, then she retired. She had wed Florenz Ziegfeld of the famed Ziegfeld Follies and stopped working but soon returned to the silver screen. In 1937, she starred in Topper and in 1938, Billie received her first and only Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live. This was probably the best cinematic performance of her career, but she was destined to be immortalized forever in the classic The Wizard Of Oz in 1939. The 1940's saw Billie busier than ever when she made 25 films between 1940 and 1949. She died on May 14, 1970 at the age of 84.
- Notes:
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- Condition: Good.
- Inscriptions: Correspondence on reverse.
- "0.3034.A."--Inscription lower left.
- "The Rotary "Real Photographic" 0Palette Series. Patent applied for No. 10,294/08. Registered No. 529170" and "Rotary Photo E.C."--Inscriptions on reverse.
- Inscriptions: Correspondence and postage on reverse.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136752484
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Actors
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1975 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1905
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