# What was Billie Burke's accent in Dinner et Eight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 11, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-billie-burkes-accent-in-dinner-et-eight/976332 "2022-12-11T13:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-billie-burkes-accent-in-dinner-et-eight/976332/2 "2022-12-11T13:27:23Z")
Example of her accent: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Uqv9eReYfm8/hqdefault.jpg "Billie Burke's speech - Dinner at Eight (1933)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqv9eReYfm8) Related Thread: > [@Did Billie Burke Really Talk Like That?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-billie-burke-really-talk-like-that/712067): > > 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. Here is a sample of the OTR show “[The Billie Burke Show](http://www.otrcat.com/billie-burke-collection-p-48494.html)” (the click leads you to a page where it says “listen to a sample episode” an… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-billie-burkes-accent-in-dinner-et-eight/976332)._