Patricia Burke
| Patricia Burke | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Patricia Burke 23 March 1917 Milan, Italy |
| Died |
23 November 2003 (aged 86) Draguignan, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1937-1974 |
| Spouse(s) |
Michael William Kimpton Duncan C. Macdonald (2 children) John Collingwood |
| Children | 2 |
Patricia Burke (23 March 1917 – 23 November 2003), was an English singer and actress in cinema, stage and TV. She was the daughter of actress Marie Burke and British operatic tenor Thomas Burke.
Patricia Burke's most well known films were Lisbon Story (1946) and The Trojan Brothers (1946), and a star role the 1949 TV production of Elizabeth of Ladymead. She appeared in several episodes of the TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood between 1955 and 1958. In 1947-1948 she acted in productions of Shakespeare and Shaw at the Old Vic. In 1957 she acted in a production of Aristophanes' Lysistrata at the Royal Court Theatre. Between 1958 and 1972 she played the part of Jimmy Clitheroe's mother in the BBC Radio Series The Clitheroe Kid.
Selected filmography
- Jennifer Hale (1937)
- The Trojan Brothers (1946)
- Lisbon Story (1946)
- While I Live (1947)
- Forbidden (1949)
- Wishing Well (1954)
- The Desperate Man (1959)
- Marriage of Convenience (1960)
- The Impersonator (1961)
- Dilemma (1962)
- Daylight Robbery (1964)
- Strangler's Web (1965)
- The Day the Fish Came Out (1967)
- Soft Beds, Hard Battles released in US as Undercovers Hero (1974)
References
External links
- Patricia Burke at the Internet Movie Database
- Marie Burke at the Internet Movie Database
- Patricia Burke obituary - Daily Telegraph, 17 November 2003
- Patricia Burke obituary - The Scotsman, 8 December 2003
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