Oz's "Good" Witch Has a Surprisingly Tragic Story
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- Billie Burke was the legendary actress who portrayed Glinda the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz. Her real life was one of enchantment-and agony.
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She kept a beautiful complexion. And, her voice is still in my head,"Come out, come out wherever you are..."
She was perfectly cast in that part.
She was 55 when she made Wizard of Oz. So beautiful! 🤩
Such a wonderfully memorable performer...I hear her as Glinda to this day!
One of my all-time favourites is the wizard of Oz.. even now as a 55 yr old grandmother.. i still watch it. Especially over the Christmas holiday.. "Glinda" was beautiful ❤❤
I loved her as ‘Glinda’ in the Wizard of Oz as a young girl. Tragedy was, I watched it in my neighbors house the night my dad jumped out a second story window trying to commit suicide. How terrible to remember the movie that way. Years later, my gdaughter loved Dorothy and we must have watched that movie like 50 times and she made it a better memory instead of a tragic one. R.I.P. Billie Burke 👑
Sorry for your loss
God bless you. My tragedy was on a Halloween night. Twenty-five years later, I am triggered, PTSD. GOD BLESS YOU
@@annamackay8597 You mean my dad? He survived. Thank you though ♥️
@@saramurphy345 Awww thank you. God Bless You ♥️
I made a Glinda costume for my granddaughter a few years ago. When my grandkids were younger we watched the movie often.
Outstanding Tribute!
She was so Beautiful!
She looked stunning for 55! And her voice is so memorable
She looked to me to be in her 30s in "The Wizard of Oz", or at least only 40 or so; just amazing. . .
THE GOOD WITCH GOWN IS THE MOST FABULOUS OUTFIT OF ALL TIME.
I loved Billie Burke in the Topper films. I like them an awful lot and always admired her exquisite comic timing.
She was hilarious in those.
Loved seeing the photos of the Burke Estate. I lived next door in Hastings...and ironically, went on to work in a nonprofit with Ham Meserve ( the son of the wicked witch) on its board.
Wow the actress was 55 when she acted as Glinda, i taught maby late 30s. Incredible !
She was truly lovely.
What a beautiful video about a very special lady. Thanks for presenting some aspects of Billie's life that aren't well known. Her line, "There's no place like home" has an additional poignancy.❤
She finally left the acting world for the most tragic reason imaginable? She was old and retired? "Horrors!" (clutches pearls)
My Angel daughters favorite movie. My daughter passed at the age of 34. And I was able to find the Lenox figurine of Glinda. They are now priceless. So it will stay in my family forever
Great video. Love the history. Thanks. I had no idea Glenda the Good Witch was married to Ziegfeld. Interesting.
The greatest good witch there could ever be! No one can hold a candle to her.
What a great story. Thank you for sharing this. ❤
I had no idea she was a major stage and movie star. I also didn’t know she was married to Flo Ziegfield. I always thought she was just a secondary bit player. But then she was before my time so I only saw her later roles.
I loved her performance in The Man Who Came To Dinner with Bette Davis and Monty Woolley. She played the meek, naive Midwestern housewife to perfection in contrast to Woolley's bombastic, overblown egotism. It's a holiday favorite for me.
Metoo!👍🏻❤️😊
I loved her in Dinner at Eight with my favorite Jean Harlow!❤
Great video. You really did your research ❤
Thank you Alex! ✌🏼😊
She was an amazing woman. Thank you.
16:46 - That's a Hirshfield drawing. Al Hirshfield was famous for hiding his daughter's name "NINA" somewhere in every drawing he made (hence all the swooping lines for hair, clothing folds, even fingers). Sadly, I believe the NINA in that image is in her dress below the frame in the video...
I loved her in Dinner at Eight, and she played the wife of Topper in those films. She was just hilarious!
I loved Hirshfield. I loved his drawings and sense of humor. I loved counting the "Ninas"in the New York Times.
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Interesting to see yr preparations for the cold, we in Aus are just starting the heat! Thank you for yr video!
A name I've heard all my life; a woman about whom I knew nothing. Thank you.
Her story wasn't tragic. She was an amazing actress and a survivor.
What an amazing woman! I knew nothing about Billie Burke, so I was so happy to learn all about the actress who played Glinda. She had such an amazing life, and was extremely talented. And being paid $50,000 for a single role, back in the days were even many A-list male actors would be lucky to receive that amount - WOW!! That translates into over $1.5M in today's money!
I hope that Billie Burke doesn't get lost to time, as what happens to many other talented actors, and that people continue to love her as Glinda the Good Witch for many, many years to come.
May you rest in peace, Billie Burke. 💖
Wow! What a beautiful, classy lady she was!
Doesn't seem very tragic. But she was an interesting character with a great attitude.
Hey, another lie. She didn’t have such a tragedy during her life. What are you trying to do, fool us all
She lost her fortune which was a bit tragic
@@vivholtom226she lost her husband
Onimous ???
It's ominous.
The first time my sister and I watched the wizard of oz was 164 or 65. I resonly saw it this week, because of the wicked movie. my favorite was the scare crow, and I brought the original version Hollywood video store before the went out of business. they showed it on TV, this wek, and the new movie wicked came out this past weekend. myself and my sister are going to see it this coming week. 😊
Appsautly beautiful & no Oscar that I've ever heard about.
Nothing 'tragic' about this story at all. Why lie? People will still watch, you don't have to lure them in
What do you mean? She had to stop acting because she was losing her memory. Don't you think that's tragic? Hello!!! I guess you missed it. I know some video makers lie but this isn't the case😡😡😡
@@debbiethompson14I guess losing your husband doesn't matter
I loved her in her movies when she was older. It was later that I found out she was the good witch.
WOW, IMPRESSIVE!!!
The feather brain persona did her an injustice.
great video!
What a great video
What a remarkable woman. Did her daughter follow in her footsteps and became an actress as well?
Thank you for this story. Her story was so much more than the Wizard of Oz. WHat a remarkable lady!
Billie Burke was so much more than Glinda! She was one of the biggest and Brightest Stars on Broadway and a hit in Silent Films! She was also Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld though whether that was a good move on her part or not I am debating. He helped her career to an extent, but she was already a successful Star when they met. Ziegfeld's excesses contributed to her money problems later in life. he was also a manic womanizer and caused her much heartbreak over his emotional and sexual obsessions, with Show Girl, Lillian Lorraine, and Dancer, Singer, Marilyn Miller, if either had been serious about him, Ziegfeld probably would have left Burke. She ignored it all till the younger women moved on. She certainly was a delight and her roles in Dinner At Eight, Topper and her appearance in so many other films is always a high point . Are there any of her silents still around or are they all lost? Most silent films were just allowed to deteriorate or were lost in fires. What a Loss! I love vintage Radio and will try to find some episodes of "The Billie Burke Show"
My grandpa always told me she was a relative. Not sure how, though.
Without her misfortune, we would not have the Good Witch of the North.
But was she truly a good witch in the wizard of oz?
This story is fascinating, but damn, this narrator sounds like a kid reading a book report, and it's hard to listen to.
What happened to her daughter
She was an author and writer. She died in Los Angeles in 2008 at the age of 91. Patricia had several grandchildren.
Shes a trensetter no doubt
CLICK BAIT
As usual, these ‘tragic’ stories, are nothing more than clic bait….but why?……because it is interesting without the ludicrous headline.
Clickbait!! No tragedy.
Losing a fortune is fairly tragic.
@LoriKasprzak-kc7xc really? Loosing everything in the stock market crash, loosing your husband, and being left with a mountain of debt isn’t a tragedy?
Yeah, well. We ALL know that Glinda was the REAL villain. She nearly got Dorothy and her friends killed by failing to mention that Dorothy had the way home the whole time.
She wouldn't have learned a lesson, besides it was a dream
She didn't thank God.
Most likely because she wasn’t a poorly educated, brainwashed, delusional that cedes their responsibility for decisions and morals to a fairy tale skydaddy. 🙄
You know that how??
Are you the gratitude police? Why is that any of your business?
As long as you thank God that's all that matters
It's a movie!!!