Cast: Billie Burke

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Billie Burke. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Sergeant Rutledge

1960 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Woody Strode · Jeffrey Hunter · Constance Towers · Billie Burke

Plot Circumstantial evidence suggests a first sergeant in a black cavalry regiment has raped and murdered a white girl then killed his commanding officer. When he makes the case look even...

7.5

5K votes

7.5

5K votes

The Wizard of Oz

1939 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Victor Fleming

Cast Judy Garland · Frank Morgan · Ray Bolger · Bert Lahr

Plot Dorothy lives on a farm in Kansas until a cyclone arrives, and picks her, her house, and her dog up and deposits them in the land of Oz. Things in...

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7.4

54K votes

7.4

54K votes

Dinner at Eight

1933 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Marie Dressler · John Barrymore · Wallace Beery · Jean Harlow

Plot Millicent Jordan is pre-occupied with the plans she is making for a high-class dinner party. Her husband Oliver is in failing health, and he is also worried because someone is...

7.2

853 votes

7.2

853 votes

Only Yesterday

1933 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction John M. Stahl

Cast Margaret Sullavan · John Boles · Edna May Oliver · Billie Burke

Plot A one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn't even remember her, but...

7.1

63 votes

7.1

63 votes

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1942 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Bette Davis · Ann Sheridan · Monty Woolley · Elisabeth Fraser

Plot A pompous writer and critic forced to stay with a midwestern family during the winter thoroughly disrupts their well-ordered lives. Original play (1939) by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.

6.9

830 votes

6.9

830 votes

The Young Philadelphians

1959 · Movie · 136 min. · United States

Direction Vincent Sherman

Cast Paul Newman · Barbara Rush · Alexis Smith · Robert Vaughn

Plot Up and coming, young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries...

6.9

714 votes

6.9

714 votes

In This Our Life

1942 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction John Huston

Cast Bette Davis · Olivia de Havilland · George Brent · Charles Coburn

Plot Selfish Stanley Timberlake abruptly breaks up with her fiancé and seduces her sister's husband, who runs away with her. After the wayward spouse gets divorced, he marries the wicked woman,...

6.8

973 votes

6.8

973 votes

Father of the Bride

1950 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Spencer Tracy · Elizabeth Taylor · Joan Bennett · Leo G. Carroll

Plot The comic trials and tribulations that beset a family, mostly the father, prior to their daughter's wedding day. Taylor and Tracy give wonderful performances and it's easy to understand why...

6.8

4K votes

6.8

4K votes

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Charles Walters

Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Oscar Levant · Jacques François

Plot The MGM reunion of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, 10 years after their last RKO picture, happened by accident. The Barkleys of Broadway was meant to pair Astaire with Judy...

6.3

277 votes

6.3

277 votes

The Young in Heart

1938 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Richard Wallace

Cast Janet Gaynor · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Paulette Goddard · Roland Young

Plot The Carletons make a living as card sharps and finding new suckers to mooch off of. When their latest scam backfires, they are asked to leave Monte Carlo. At the...

6.3

93 votes

6.3

93 votes

Finishing School

1934 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction George Nichols Jr. · Wanda Tuchock

Cast Frances Dee · Billie Burke · Ginger Rogers · Bruce Cabot

Plot Virginia Radcliff, a remarkably unspoiled but naive rich-kid, finds herself at a swank girls' school where everything appears prim and proper, but the motto is essentially "Don't Get Caught." On...

6.2

55 votes

6.2

55 votes

The Bride Wore Red

1937 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Dorothy Arzner

Cast Joan Crawford · Franchot Tone · Robert Young · Billie Burke

Plot Count Armalia believes that the luck of birth is all that separates the rich from the poor. To test his theory, he sends Anni, a singer in a dive, to...

6.2

48 votes

6.2

48 votes

Father's Little Dividend

1951 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Spencer Tracy · Joan Bennett · Elizabeth Taylor · Don Taylor

Plot This sequel to the hugely popular FATHER OF THE BRIDE reunited the entire cast for another charming turn. Although Stanley Banks's (Spencer Tracy) is hoping for some peace and quiet...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

A Bill of Divorcement

1932 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast John Barrymore · Katharine Hepburn · Billie Burke · David Manners

Plot After spending fifteen years in an asylum, Hilary Fairfield escapes from the institution after regaining his sanity. He finds that things at home are different than when he left them....

6.2

398 votes

6.2

398 votes

Craig's Wife

1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Dorothy Arzner

Cast Rosalind Russell · John Boles · Billie Burke · Jane Darwell

Plot A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.

6.1

43 votes

6.1

43 votes

Christopher Strong

1933 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Dorothy Arzner

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Colin Clive · Billie Burke · Helen Chandler

Plot At a party for Bright Young Things, a "treasure hunt" for attractive yet virtuous people nets Sir Christopher Strong, M.P., and Lady Cynthia Darrington, dashing aviatrix. Their acquaintance is innocent...

6.1

223 votes

6.1

223 votes

Topper Returns

1941 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast Joan Blondell · Roland Young · Carole Landis · Billie Burke

Plot Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Joan Blondell, who was accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington (Landis),...

6.0

236 votes

6.0

236 votes

Merrily We Live

1938 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Norman Z. McLeod

Cast Constance Bennett · Brian Aherne · Alan Mowbray · Billie Burke

Plot A cynical writer (Brian Aherne), unwittingly infiltrates a loony house of philanthropists. Mrs. Emily Kilbourne (Billie Burke) runs a household that, due to her charitable nature, is as much a...

5.9

26 votes

5.9

26 votes

Topper

1937 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Norman Z. McLeod

Cast Constance Bennett · Cary Grant · Roland Young · Billie Burke

Plot Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend, bank president Cosmo...

5.8

235 votes

5.8

235 votes

Becky Sharp

1935 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Rouben Mamoulian

Cast Miriam Hopkins · Frances Dee · Cedric Hardwicke · Billie Burke

Plot Becky and Amelia are girls at school together, but Becky is from a "show biz" family, or in other words, very low class. Becky manages to insinuate herself in Amelia's...

5.8

116 votes

5.8

116 votes