As Glinda the Good Witch, Billie Burke was a beacon of beauty and hope to generations—but her real life had more agony than enchantment.

Sleepy Hollow Country 🗝️ Julia McCue on Instagram: "Under the canopy of a beech tree, a larger-than-life-size bronze statue sits before the graves of Florenz “Flo” #Ziegfeld, the visionary behind the #ZiegfeldFollies, and his wife, actress #BillieBurke, who is beloved as #Glinda from The Wizard of Oz 🌈👠✨The statue is a tribute to Burke’s mother, Blanche Beatty Burke. For a time, Ziegfeld and Burke made their home in Hastings-on-Hudson, a few towns south of Tarrytown. Their residence, known as