Best known as Glinda, the good witch in The Wizard of Oz {and as the wife of Ziegfeld}, Billie Burke had a rosy, upbeat series promoting herself as "that bright morning star." She portrayed a woman of uncertain age who would go out of her way to aid a bum in distress or help neighborhood kids get a playground. She constantly mixed metaphors, as in "Let sleeping dogs gather no moss," and was well placed on Saturday mornings.
( John Dunning )
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