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| {{short description|Burke, Patricia Rosa Moore (1916–2003), actress}}
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| | image = Patricia Burke.jpg
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| | birth_name = Patricia Burke
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| | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|03|23|df=yes}}
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| | birth_place = [[w:Milan|Milan]], [[w:Italy|Italy]]
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| | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|11|23|1917|03|23|df=yes}}
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| | death_place = [[w:Draguignan|Draguignan]], [[w:France|France]]
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| | occupation = Actress
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| | years_active = 1937-1974
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| | spouse = Michael William Kimpton<br />Duncan C. Macdonald (2 children)<br />John Collingwood
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| | children = 2
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| '''Patricia Burke''' (23 March 1917{{spaced ndash}}23 November 2003), was an [[w:English people|English]] singer and actress in cinema, stage and TV.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fa086f0|title=Patricia Burke|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/1f/the-taming-of-the-shrew/production/850|title=Production of The Taming of the Shrew - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> She was the daughter of actress [[w:Marie Burke|Marie Burke]] and British operatic tenor [[w:Thomas Burke, tenor|Thomas Burke]].<ref>John D. Vose ''The Lancashire Caruso: the Life and Times of Tom Burke'' (1982), reviewed by Paul Morby in ''Record Collector'', Vol. 28, 3&4, 1983, and see also the short article by F.S (Joe) Winstanley in the same issue</ref>
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| On stage she enjoyed success in the 1943 West End musical ''[[w:The Lisbon Story (musical)|The Lisbon Story]]''. Patricia Burke's most well known films were ''[[w:Lisbon Story (1946 film)|Lisbon Story]]'' (1946) and ''The Trojan Brothers'' (1946), and the role of Elizabeth the 1949 TV production of ''Elizabeth of Ladymead''.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXnXDQAAQBAJ&q=patricia+burke+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA108|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111975|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4480012/|title=Elizabeth of Ladymead (TV Movie 1949)|publisher=}}</ref> She appeared in several episodes of the TV series ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' between 1955 and 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7b95b205|title=The Betrothal (1956)|publisher=}}</ref> In 1947-48 she acted in productions of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] and [[George Bernard Shaw|Shaw]] at the [[Old Vic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1447823/Patricia-Burke.html|title=Patricia Burke|publisher=}}</ref> In 1957 she acted in a production of [[Aristophanes]]' ''[[Lysistrata]]'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/nov/25/guardianobituaries.filmnews|title=Patricia Burke|first=Eric|last=Shorter|date=24 November 2003|publisher=|via=The Guardian}}</ref> Between 1958 and 1972 she played the part of [[Jimmy Clitheroe]]'s mother in the BBC Radio Series ''[[The Clitheroe Kid]]''.<ref name=mcfarlane/>
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| ==Selected filmography==
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| * ''[[Jennifer Hale (film)|Jennifer Hale]]'' (1937)
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| * ''[[Ship's Concert]]'' (1937)
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| * ''[[Lisbon Story (1946 film)|Lisbon Story]]'' (1946)
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| * ''[[The Trojan Brothers]]'' (1946)
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| * ''[[While I Live]]'' (1947)
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| * ''[[Forbidden (1949 film)|Forbidden]]'' (1949)
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| * ''[[The Happiness of Three Women]]'' (1954)
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| * ''[[The Desperate Man]]'' (1959)
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| * ''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'' ''[[Marriage of Convenience (1960 film)|Marriage of Convenience]]'' (1960)
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| * ''[[The Impersonator]]'' (1961)
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| * ''[[Dilemma (1962 UK film)|Dilemma]]'' (1962)
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| * ''[[The Day the Fish Came Out]]'' (1967)
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| * ''[[Soft Beds, Hard Battles]]'' released in US as ''Undercovers Hero'' (1974)
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| * {{IMDb name|0121819|Patricia Burke}}
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| * {{IMDb name|0121783|Marie Burke}}
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| * [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1447823/Patricia-Burke.html Patricia Burke obituary - Daily Telegraph, 17 November 2003]
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| * [http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/patricia-burke-1-496942 Patricia Burke obituary - The Scotsman, 8 December 2003]
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Patricia}}
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| [[Category:1917 births]]
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| [[Category:2003 deaths]]
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| [[Category:English stage actresses]]
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| [[Category:English film actresses]]
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| [[Category:English television actresses]]
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| [[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
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