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Revision as of 06:50, 2 March 2014
Biography
1964-
British actress
Burke's mother died of cancer when she was 18 months old, and she spent the next two years in foster care with family friends, until she was able to rejoin her father and two older brothers in a council flat in Islington, London. Her childhood was happy in spite of her father's alcoholism. She had intended to be a music journalist but was redirected into acting after free weekend classes at a drama school in 1982. She has appeared in Scrubbers, Nil by Mouth (winning Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival), Absolutely Fabulous, Harry Enfield and Chums, Common as Muck, Tom Jones and others.
References
Duncan, Andrew. "The Andrew Duncan Interview: Kathy Burke," Radio Times, 22-28 November 1997, pp. 14-15, 18
Categories:
- Adoption Celebrities
- Adopted Persons
- European
- UK/Great Britain
- 20th Century
- 21st Century
- Theater, Broadcasting, Cinema
- Birth or Infancy
- Unmarried Mother, Single Parent (Mother or Father) Unable to Cope
- Family Friends or Acquaintances
- Temporary Care
- Customary or Traditional Adoption, Informal and Extra-Legal Care
- Parent(s) Died, Disappeared or Became Incapacitated
- Birth Sibling(s) Remained With or Returned to Birth Family