Which American character actress of the first half of the 20th century is pictured here?

A character actor or actress is one who generally receives less than top billing, and often portrays roles for which they are later type-cast, such as doting mothers, irascible cranks, or wise old family retainers, and the like. They're generally the players you see over and over again, but whose names you just can't remember.

One such actress was Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970). An early Broadway and silent film star, she was the wife of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld. Her most-remembered line, one of the most famous ever spoken in movies, was about a pair of red shoes. "Then close your eyes and tap your heels together three times. And think to yourself, 'There's no place like home' " was delivered by her as Glinda, The Good Witch of the North, to Judy Garland's Dorothy in The Wizard Oz (1939).

Other roles for which she is remembered include the 1933 comedy Dinner at Eight, in which she played a flustered, stood-up socialite against another great character actress, top -billed Marie Dressler, and an early, sensational Jean Harlow. She was also featured in the first of the Topper series, and Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor vehicles Father of the Bride (1950), and Father's Little Dividend (1951).

Her efforts won her a single Oscar nomination, but never a win, and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6617 Hollywood Boulevard. She was interred at Kensico Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant, New York.