Marie Burke

Marie Burke
Born	Marie Rosa Holt 18 October 1894 London, England
Died	21 March 1988 (aged 93) Menton, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1917–1971
Spouse(s)	Tom Burke
Children	Patricia Burke

Marie Burke (18 October 1894 – 21 March 1988), born Marie Rosa Holt, was an English actress of cinema and TV. She appeared in over 40 films between 1917 and 1971, and appeared in TV series between 1953 and 1969.

She was a British character comedian, trained as an operatic singer in Italy. She appeared in films in 1917, before making her stage debut in 1919.

As a member of the Katja Company she was touring Australia in 1926 when she and her colleague, the tenor Warde Morgan were seriously injured in the Aberdeen Rail Disaster.^[1]

She was married to British operatic tenor Thomas Burke, whom she met and married when they were both studying singing in Milan. They had one daughter, actress and singer Patricia Burke, who was born in Milan.

Selected filmography

• The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917) - uncredited
• The Girl and the Judge (1918)
• The Love Defender (1919)
• Help! Help! Police! (1919)
• A House Divided (1919)
• My Little Sister (1919)
• The Glorious Lady (1919)
• The Gray Towers Mystery (1919)
• Sooner or Later (1920)
• His House in Order (1920)
• Remodeling Her Husband (1920)
• A Dark Lantern (1920)
• Little Miss Rebellion (1920)
• The New York Idea (1920)
• Why Announce Your Marriage? (1922)
• Without Fear (1922)
• Evidence (1922)
• Slim Shoulders (1922)
• Isle of Doubt (1922)
• The Face in the Fog (1922)
• Lohengrins Heirat (English: Lohengrin's Marriage), released in Germany (1922)
• Youthful Cheaters (1923)
• The Heart Raider (1923)
• Little Old New York (1923)
• Three Miles Out (1924)
• Who's Cheating? (1924)
• White Mice (1926)
• Unmasked (1929)
• After the Ball (1932)
• Warning to Wantons (1949)
• Temptations (1949)
• Madness of the Heart (1949)
• Odette (1950)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1950)
• The Flanagan Boy, released in the US as Bad Blonde (1953)
• The Constant Husband (1955)
• The Green Man (1956)
• Menace in the Night (1957)
• Miracle in Soho (1957)
• The Snorkel (1958)
• The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
• The Rebel, released in the US as Call Me Genius (1961)
• The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
• Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
• Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
• Devils of Darkness (1965)
• Lost Command (1966)
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

Television series

• Rheingold Theatre (1953) - 1 episode
• London Playhouse (1956) - 1 episode
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-1957) - 4 episodes
• BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960) - 1 episode
• Danger Man (1960-1961) - 2 episodes
• Magnolia Street (1961) - 1 episode
• Sir Francis Drake (1962)
• Zero One (1963)
• Emergency - Ward 10 (1964)
• ITV Play of the Week (1958-1965) - 3 episodes
• The Saint (1962-1969) - 5 episodes

References

1. The Brisbane Courier 27 August 1926

External links

• Marie Burke at the Internet Movie Database
• Marie Burke on BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs (1956)