54 years old?!

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Billie Burke

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ThatMachineKillsFascists — 19 years ago(December 19, 2006 08:32 PM)

It's hard to believe she was 54 when she was in the Wizard of Oz she looked great for her age. She was beautiful!
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citypound — 19 years ago(January 03, 2007 04:24 PM)

I am still iin love with her.

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Typing_away — 19 years ago(January 29, 2007 04:59 PM)

Billie definitely looked younger than her actual years, especially during the 1930's.

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PeteTheSwede — 18 years ago(July 19, 2007 03:19 PM)

How do you count? She was born 1884 and the movie was made 1939.
84+16 = 100. 16 + 39 = 55!

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jasonhurd — 18 years ago(July 31, 2007 12:35 PM)

PetetheSwede, Burke's birthday was August 7th. Since The Wizard of Oz was released on August 25th, 1939 and Burke's 55th birthday was only 2 1/2 weeks prior, that means that all her scenes were shot when she was still 54 years old.

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baran_erik — 9 years ago(June 10, 2016 11:21 PM)

There's a difference between when the movie was shot and when it was released. When the film was shot, she was 54. Now, remove the cork.

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Gully_Foyle10 — 17 years ago(July 01, 2008 10:53 PM)

I always thought she looked ugly in The Wizard Of Oz.
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chilowt — 17 years ago(July 13, 2008 08:58 PM)

Billy was a class act. I can only dream to look that good at 54.

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greeneyedredhead — 17 years ago(January 10, 2009 06:04 PM)

gully and mike you're both IDIOTS

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ezkaban — 16 years ago(August 08, 2009 06:26 PM)

Lucille Ball was nearly 40 y.o. when she began I Love Lucy. Age is so over-rated. I find them both beautiful.

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LadyVirgoxoxo — 16 years ago(August 10, 2009 10:49 AM)

And this was back in the days before botox and such!
Wow she looked like she was in her 30s and Lucille looked like she was in her late 20s!
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ezkaban — 16 years ago(August 11, 2009 09:33 PM)

Completely agree. The most shocking revelation to me was Mae West. When I discovered she was born in 1893, before they even had the Model T, I was simply flabbergasted. That means she was well into her 40s when she became famous but no one really thinks of her and remembers her "being old". She must've been 46-47 when she made My Little Chickadee. And then you have modern tarts such as Megan Fox, already having Botox and barely able to legally drink for 2 years.

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sweiland75 — 15 years ago(December 19, 2010 03:35 AM)

You must be a teenager, if you thin forties is old.
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geg0004 — 15 years ago(December 19, 2010 07:56 PM)

She was definitely beautiful. And in the 1930's, before botox, retin-a, veneers, and all the high tech things that women (and men) do to keep themselves looking forever young and fit that she would look so elegant and do such a great job is such a testament to real talent and natural beauty.