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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Billie Burke papers
Creator:
Burke, Billie, 1885-1970
Identifier/Call Number: 2114
Physical Description:
6 Linear Feet
6 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1907-1955
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of American actress Billie Burke (1885-1970) including 50 radio scripts, 3 television
scripts, lobby cards for three films (1917-1919), press clippings, three scrapbooks, and photographs including personal photographs
and 240 production stills from films.
Language of Material:
English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Patricia Stephenson, June 1974.
Billie Burke (1885-1970) was an American actress known for her theater work on Broadway, in radio, and in films. She was nominated
for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her performance in Merrily We Live (1938) and performed as Glinda the Good
Witch of the North in the film The Wizard of Oz (1939). She was married to Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfield Jr. and they
had one daughter: Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson (1916-2008).
[Box/folder no. or item name], Billie Burke papers, Collection no. 2114, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Some processing by USC students in 2019 as part of the "Piloting a Shared Practice for Accessible Archival Descriptions" Dean's
Challenge Grant. Additional description by Diann Benti in 2021.
This collection contains the papers of American actress Billie Burke (1885-1970) including 50 radio scripts, 3 television
scripts, lobby cards for three films (1917-1919), press clippings, three scrapbooks, and photographs including personal photographs
and 240 production stills from films. Among the photographs are four studio photographs of director Dorothy Arzner (Box 1,
Folder 5). There is also a box of photocopied newspaper clippings added to the collection by Library staff in 2008.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- Archival resources
Radio -- Archival resources
Clippings
Film stills
Lobby cards
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Burke, Billie, 1885-1970 -- Archives
Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979 -- Photographs