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14 Sep 2009

Billie Burke and Burkeley Crest

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  • September 14, 2009
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Mary William Ethelbert Appleton “Billie” Burke, best known as the good witch Glinda in the 1939 film version of “The Wizard of Oz,” began her film and stage career in 1907. She was 24 years old and already a star when she bought the Kirkham estate on Broadway in […]
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