# Did Billie Burke Really Talk Like That? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-billie-burke-really-talk-like-that/712067 "2015-02-07T20:31:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-billie-burke-really-talk-like-that/712067/7 "2015-02-09T18:16:23Z")
> [@Carryon](#): > > Most of us know her as Glinda the Good Witch in the movie “Wizard of Oz,” and have noticed her unusual voice. > > I was wondering did she talk like that in real life? I realize that in those golden years of movies that actors/actresses often used a exaggerated accent here and there or for effect but I noticed reviews at the time always comment on her unusual voice. Apparently she sang like that that as well, and was the inspiration for Herbert Khaury’s “Tiny Tim” persona: > [@How many young people have ever heard Tiny Tim singing "Tiptoe Through The Tulips"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-young-people-have-ever-heard-tiny-tim-singing-tiptoe-through-the-tulips/301242/17): > > I also know where he got it: a few years ago I was watching a 1930s movie with Billie Burke (you remember, Glinda from _The Wizard of Oz_? Keep that voice in mind). Billie sat down at a piano and started trilling, “_ooooh_, tip-toe by the window, by the window, that is where _I’ll_ be . . .” > > Light bulb goes on over head–that’s where he got it! He was doing a Billie Burke imitation! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-billie-burke-really-talk-like-that/712067)._