Kathleen Burke

Kathleen Burke
Born	September 5, 1913(1913-09-05) Hammond, Indiana, U.S.
Died	April 9, 1980(1980-04-09) (aged 66) Glendale, California, U.S.
Years active	1932–1938

Kathleen Burke (September 5, 1913 — April 9, 1980) was an American movie actress of the 1930s.

Burke worked as a dental assistant in Chicago, before winning a talent contest sponsored by Paramount Pictures. Her film debut was as Lota, the "Panther Woman" in Island of Lost Souls (released January 1933), the first screen version of H.G. Wells's novel The Island of Dr. Moreau.

This success led to more than a score of screen appearances over the following six years, most notably as the leading lady in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) opposite Gary Cooper, and The Last Outpost with Cary Grant that same year. Her final film role was in 1938, whereupon she retired from screen acting at the age of 25.

Filmography

• Island of Lost Souls (1933)
• Murders in the Zoo (1933)
• Sunset Pass (1933)
• Torch Singer (1933)
• The Mad Game (1933)
• Six of a Kind (1934)
• Good Dame (1934)
• School for Girls (1934)
• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
• Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935)
• Mutiny Ahead (1935)
• The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)
• Navy Wife (1935)
• The Last Outpost (1935)
• Nevada (1935)
• The Lion Man (1936)
• Craig's Wife (1936)
• The Sheik Steps Out (1937)
• Boy of the Streets (1938)
• Rascals (1938)

External links

• Kathleen Burke at the Internet Movie Database
• Kathleen Burke at AllRovi
• Photographs and literature