Glinda the Good Witch of the North

"You have no power here. Begone before someone drops a house on you too!"

- Glinda the Good Witch, to the Wicked Witch of the West

Glinda the Good Witch of the North is a supporting character of The Wizard of Oz who helps and guides Dorothy Gale on her quest to Emerald City to see the great and powerful wizard to send her back to Kansas. She is portrayed by Billie Burke. In fact, Glinda is the only Ozian character to be credited at the end because Burke didn't portray any people in Kansas (although in the RSC version her Kansas counterpart is Aunt Em).

Biography
Glinda first appears in Munchkinland where she asks Dorothy if she is a good witch or a bad witch. Dorothy replies with no, because she says witches are old and ugly. Glinda replies with saying that only bad witches are ugly. When the Wicked Witch of the West appears to claim her late sister's Ruby Slippers, Glinda gives them to Dorothy, infuriating the witch. After the Wicked Witch disappears, Glinda tells Dorothy that she has made a very bad enemy of the Wicked Witch and suggests that she goes to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard of Oz for help getting back to Kansas.

Glinda aids Dorothy and her friends when they are caught in the Wicked Witch's poppy trap by making it snow. At the end of the movie, Glinda reappears and tells Dorothy that she always had the power to go back to Kansas. She tells Dorothy to close her eyes, tap her heels three times and think to herself "There's No Place Like Home", over and over.

Trivia
In the book Glinda is the Witch of the South and the Witch of the North is a completely different character.