With a Feather on My Nose Author:Billie Burke, Cameron Shipp From an amazon.com review by Nick W. Mischel: — You probably know Billie Burke from her memorable role in the 1939 classic, "The Wizard of Oz" with Judy Garland. She was Glinda, the Good Witch of the North! "With a Feather on My Nose" is Burke's autobiography, detailing her illustrious career as an actress. She played in such memorable roles as t... more »he wife in "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1941), Mrs. Topper in three "Topper" films (1937-41), the original "Father of the Bride" (1950), John Ford's acclaimed Segeant Rutledge (1960), and many more long forgotten gems. But her book also recalls dating J.M. Barrie and Somerset Maugham, as well as being one of Broadway's first leading ladies long before she made movies. She was born in 1884 and grew up in London, where her father Billy Burke was an internationally famous clown. The toast of Broadway, she married the great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld in 1914. She began to settle into early retirement in the 1920's, but returned to acting after the Wall Street Crash wiped out Ziegfeld's fortune. The book also mentions she was nominated for an Oscar in 1938 for "Merrily We Live." She certainly did, living a life full of excitement, glamour, and prestige sorrily lacking in today's starlets. Burke died in 1970, and this book has been hard to find outside of antique bookstores. It is rich in Hollywood history, told from a first-hand and non-regretting participant. She is buried in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.« less