The surprisingly queer story behind Glinda the Good Witch The actress behind the iconic film character had a relationship with another woman.

Billie Burke was the legendary actress who portrayed Glinda the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz. Her real life was one of enchantment—and agony.

However, Wicked was given clearance to use pink like Billy Burke's bubble dress in the original 1939 movie. Paul told People, "I was also intent on creating a similar quality of silhouette.

Wicked fans have just learnt that OG Glinda The Good Witch actress Billie Burke reportedly had a romance with lesbian director Dorothy Arzner.

As Billy Burke’s original Glinda-inspired Tazewell look in the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz when designing for Grande’s version of the character.

Grande plays Galinda Upland, the future Glinda the Good Witch, in the Jon M. Chu -directed Wicked, the two-part, stage-to-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. Burke, who died in 1970 at age ...

In the much-loved film, Billy Burke plays Glinda the Good, a saintly witch who helps Dorothy (Garland) find her way back home to Kansas.

Glinda’s dress was inspired by the idea of bubbles floating in the sky, while the pink paid homage to actress Billie Burke’s portrayal of Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the 1939 classic ...

The film based on the Broadway stage adaptation – itself based on a 1995 novel – is a prequel to L Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation starring Judy Garland. In the ...

When Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good Witch floats into Munchkinland in the first few minutes of Wicked, she does so in her frothy pink statement dress. Broadway fans may have been surprised to see ...