Billie Burke was an American film and stage actress best known for her role as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in the Wizard of Oz. During the 1930s she started a clothing business, Billie Burke Sportswear aiming to capitalize on her reputations as a trendsetter. The business had a manufacturing operation in the Darling Building at Spadina and Adelaide in downtown Toronto.
According to Might’s Toronto Directory Anastazia Kondratiuk worked at Billie Burke Sportswear Limited as a “finisher” and “examiner” from circa 1943 until her death in 1946.