Years active 1932–1938 Name Kathleen Burke | Role Movie actress | |
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Died April 9, 1980, Glendale, California, United States Spouse Glen A. Rardin (m. 1933–1934) Movies Island of Lost Souls, Murders in the Zoo, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The Last Outpost, Boy of the Streets Similar People Erle C Kenton, Charles Barton, Louis J Gasnier, Henry Hathaway, William Nigh | ||
Kathleen B. Burke (September 5, 1913 — April 9, 1980) was an American movie actress of the 1930s, and former model.
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Burke worked as a dental assistant in Chicago, before winning a talent contest sponsored by Paramount Pictures to play Lota the "Panther Woman" in Island of Lost Souls (released December 1932), the first screen version of H.G. Wells's novel The Island of Dr. Moreau. The contest, announced in July 1932, allegedly had 60,000 applicants from around the country. Burke was announced as the winner on September 29.
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.
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