Marie Burke

Marie Burke

Born: October 18, 1894
Died: March 21, 1988
in London, England, UK

Movies for Marie Burke...

Sunday Bloody Sunday
Title: Sunday Bloody Sunday
Character: Aunt Astrid
Released: July 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.
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Lost Command
Title: Lost Command
Character: Mother Raspeguy
Released: May 1, 1966
Type: Movie
After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts to convert a rugged band of soldiers into a formidable fighting unit, with the promise of marrying a beautiful countess if he's made a general.
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Rattle of a Simple Man
Title: Rattle of a Simple Man
Character: Mama
Released: December 20, 1964
Type: Movie
Percy Winthram is a naive young man who still lives at home with his mum. In London for the Cup Final with his friends, he finds himself in a Soho strip club, where he meets blonde hostess Cyrenne. Accepting a bet from friend Ginger, he accompanies Cyrenne back to her flat, and a boast-worthy night of lust seems to be on the cards. However, drained of beer and bravado, Percy's innocence and vulnerability become all too evident.
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Title: Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Character: Woman at first Seance
Released: June 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
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Girl in the Headlines
Title: Girl in the Headlines
Character: Madame Yvonne Lavalle
Released: November 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Called in to investigate the murder of a model, Chief Inspector Birkett and Sergeant Saunders soon discover that the victim had been leading somewhat of an immoral life.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Signora Unciello
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Princess de Ribes
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Senora Artigas
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Donna Maria
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Title: Sir Francis Drake
Character: Dona Inez
Released: November 12, 1961
Type: TV
Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind. As well as battles at sea, sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at Elizabeth's court, often caused by Spaniard, Mendoza.
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The Terror of the Tongs
Title: The Terror of the Tongs
Character: Maya
Released: March 15, 1961
Type: Movie
In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets, the hideous members of the Red Dragon gang, a branch of the evil Chinese secret society of the Tongs, lurk and murder those who oppose to their tyranny, which thrives on vice, crime and the fear of the weakest.
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The Rebel
Title: The Rebel
Character: Madame Laurent
Released: March 7, 1961
Type: Movie
Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work. Nevertheless, he impresses an emerging very talented artist. Hancock proceeds to con the art world into thinking he is a genius.
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The League of Gentlemen
Title: The League of Gentlemen
Character: Mrs Boyle (uncredited)
Released: April 15, 1960
Type: Movie
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Title: The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Character: Woman at Private View
Released: June 15, 1959
Type: Movie
Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 years old. But people are starting to get suspicious, and he may not make 200.
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The Snorkel
Title: The Snorkel
Character: Daily Woman
Released: July 7, 1958
Type: Movie
On the Italian coast, writer Paul Decker has grown unhappy in his marriage and executes what appears to be a perfect murder of his wife. While Paul is believed to be writing a book in France, his stepdaughter, Candy, suspects him of murdering her mother, as well as her father years before. With the police unwilling to investigate any further, Candy sets out to confirm her suspicions and take Paul down herself.
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The Green Man
Title: The Green Man
Character: Felicity
Released: December 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.
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The Constant Husband
Title: The Constant Husband
Character: Moma Sopranelli
Released: April 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.
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The Flanagan Boy
Title: The Flanagan Boy
Character: Mother Vecchi
Released: April 10, 1953
Type: Movie
Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is born out of a string of spectacular successes. All of which is brought to a halt when he develops a physical relationship with his manager's wife, the beautiful but manipulative Lorna. His naive temperament is no match for her callous, dispassionate scheming and he unwittingly becomes a pawn in Lorna's ultimate plan... .to murder her husband.
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The Lavender Hill Mob
Title: The Lavender Hill Mob
Character: Señora Gallardo
Released: June 28, 1951
Type: Movie
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
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Odette
Title: Odette
Character: Mme. Gliere (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: Movie
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)
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Madness of the Heart
Title: Madness of the Heart
Character: Paul's Mother
Released: December 20, 1949
Type: Movie
A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.
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The Man from Yesterday
Title: The Man from Yesterday
Character: Doris Amersley
Released: May 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A psychic goes to the home of a woman who wants him to contact her dead fiancée, even though she has already remarried. Later, she ends up murdered! Soon the psychic points the finger at her jealous husband.
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Warning to Wantons
Title: Warning to Wantons
Character: Therese
Released: January 4, 1949
Type: Movie
Featuring an early role for accomplished French actress Anne Vernon alongside Mary Poppins star David Tomlinson, this effervescent comedy charts the romantic adventures of a young woman who swaps her strict convent school for the heady pleasures of high society. Seventeen-year-old Renee slips away from her convent school, joins her fashionable mother and launches herself into Society with one aim: to conquer the hearts of all the men she encounters. Setting her sights on Max, a bridegroom-to-be, her expert scheming and manipulative behaviour soon ensures that he falls under her spell... but his fiancee isn't giving up without a fight
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After the Ball
Title: After the Ball
Character: Lavita
Released: November 23, 1932
Type: Movie
The wife of a diplomat in Geneva pretends to be a maid in order to continue her flirting with a handsome young courier.
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Unmasked
Title: Unmasked
Character: Mrs. Brookfield
Released: December 15, 1929
Type: Movie
During a dinner party at the Brookfield family estate, private detective Craig Kennedy relates a story of one of his unsolved murder cases. What Kennedy knows, and the other guests do not, is that the person who was the killer in the unsolved mystery is in the room, and Kennedy makes plans to expose him.
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White Mice
Title: White Mice
Character: Senora Rojas
Released: January 31, 1926
Type: Movie
Roddy Forrester has formed the White Mice club with a pal. The purpose of the club is to help those in trouble. When Roddy's father sends him to the South American republic of Montebello, he gets his chance to be of service. General Rojas, the former president, is locked away in a prison and slowly dying. Roddy decides to rescue him, especially since he has been inspired by the general's pretty daughter, Inez.
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Little Old New York
Title: Little Old New York
Character: Mrs. Schuyler
Released: August 1, 1923
Type: Movie
An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.
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The Heart Raider
Title: The Heart Raider
Character: Mrs. Dennis (John's Mother)
Released: June 10, 1923
Type: Movie
A young troublemaker sets her eyes on a confirmed bachelor.
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Evidence
Title: Evidence
Character: Mrs. Bascom
Released: May 5, 1922
Type: Movie
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Without Fear
Title: Without Fear
Character: Mrs Hamilton
Released: April 16, 1922
Type: Movie
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Little Miss Rebellion
Title: Little Miss Rebellion
Character: Lady-in-Waiting
Released: September 19, 1920
Type: Movie
The Grand Duchess Marie Louise is the beautiful young ruler of Molvania. She is a fun-loving girl who secretly hopes that the revolutionaries who threaten to take over her country are able to do so, as that will free her to go to America to be with the soldier friends she met during the Great War.
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A Dark Lantern
Title: A Dark Lantern
Character: Lady Peterborough
Released: July 16, 1920
Type: Movie
Although loved by a respectable doctor, a society-girl is fascinated by a prince and follows him to Rome. When he reveals himself in his true colours, she has a nervous breakdown and her faithful doctor restores her to health - and to himself.
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Remodeling Her Husband
Title: Remodeling Her Husband
Character: Mrs. Wakefield
Released: June 13, 1920
Type: Movie
After she marries Jack Valentine, Janie Wakefield discovers that her husband's reputation as a flirt is well deserved when she sees him riding in a taxi with a strange woman. Jaine sets out to remodel her husband into the man she wants.
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His House in Order
Title: His House in Order
Character: Geraldine Ridgley
Released: March 7, 1920
Type: Movie
A woman attempts to regain the love of her husband, who constantly compares her unfavorably to his first wife.
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Sooner or Later
Title: Sooner or Later
Character: Mrs. Hollander
Released: February 1, 1920
Type: Movie
When newlywed Robert Ellis suspects that his missing wife is having a clandestine affair, he appeals to his friend, Pat Murphy, to find her. Pat's search leads him to the Waldorf-Astoria where he finds a woman named Edna Ellis and, assuming that she is Ellis' errant wife, kidnaps her and returns her to Ellis. Complications arise when the real Mrs. Ellis arrives home and discovers another woman. After several comic incidents, Pat falls in love with Edna and Ellis learns that his wife's secret rendezvous was with her sister.
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The Glorious Lady
Title: The Glorious Lady
Character: Dowager Duchess
Released: October 19, 1919
Type: Movie
During an annual celebration in which English peasants and aristocrats mingle, the Duke of Loame is thrown from his horse and saved by Ivis Benson, the daughter of a tenant farmer. Both injured, they fall in love, to the dismay of his mother and Lady Eileen, his intended bride.
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Help! Help! Police!
Title: Help! Help! Police!
Character: Mrs. Pendleton
Released: April 27, 1919
Type: Movie
While vacationing with his father Edward at a Palm Beach hotel, George Welston becomes smitten with Eve Pendleton, the daughter of Edward's business rival Judson. After George prevents Pendleton from getting an option on a deal by racing in his car with his father's $100,000 deposit, Pendleton favors Eve's other suitor, Arthur Trask, whose gentlemanly manner conceals his intent to rob Eve and her wealthy friends.