Kathleen Burke
Kathleen Burke (born September 5, 1913 in Hammond , Indiana , † April 9, 1980 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American film actress who appeared in a total of 22 films in the 1930s.
Life
Burke first worked as a dental assistant in Chicago before she took part in a nationwide competition that the film company Paramount Pictures had announced to cast the role of the panther woman in the horror film The Island of Lost Souls (original title Island of Lost Souls ). Burke prevailed against a number of competitors and received the role in the 1932 film. In the 1933 Western Sunset Pass , her third film, premiered, she played the lead female role alongside Randolph Scott . In the following years (1934 and 1935) she played among others with Maurice Chevalier in The Merry Widow ( The Merry Widow ), with Gary Cooper in Bengali ( The Lives of a Bengal Lancer ) with Cary Grant in The Last Fort ( The Last Outpost ). She made her last film, the comedy Rascals , in 1938 at the age of 25.
Web links
- Kathleen Burke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Burke, Kathleen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hammond , Indiana , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1980 |
| Place of death | Chicago , Illinois |