Marie Burke

Marie Burke

Nacimiento : 1894-10-18, London, England, UK

Muerte : 1988-03-21

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Marie Burke

Películas

Domingo, maldito domingo
Aunt Astrid
R.U. /// Alex Greville (Glenda Jackson), una mujer de mediana edad, y el doctor Daniel Hirsh (Peter Finch) mantienen un affaire por separado con la misma persona, el joven científico Elkin (Murray Head). Ambos lucharán por su amor.
Mando perdido (Los centuriones)
Mother Raspeguy
Al teniente coronel Pierre Raspegury, jefe de una división paracaidista del ejército francés derrotada en Vietnam, le comunican que ha sido relevado de su puesto y que su regimiento ha sido disuelto. Gracias a las influencias de la Condesa viuda De Clairefons, consigue un nuevo destino en Argelia en una misión de paz. Ella le promete que se casará con él si vuelve convertido en general. Sin embargo, lo que hace Raspegury es intentar persuadir al capitán Esclavier y a otros camaradas para vengar juntos la humillación sufrida en Vietnam.
Plan siniestro
Woman at first Seance
Una mujer londinense, obsesionada por la muerte prematura de su hijo, está convencida de poseer los dones de una "medium". Para ganar prestigio y atraer clientela, le propone a su marido secuestrar a un niño y, después, ir proporcionando las pistas necesarias para localizarlo.
Girl in the Headlines
Madame Yvonne Lavalle
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.
El terror de los Tongs
Maya
En el Hong Kong de 1910 es asesinada la hija de un capitán de un barco británico por miembros de la sociedad Tong del Dragón Rojo. Ante la incapacidad de la policía por dar con la solución, el capitán iniciará una investigación para descubrir a los asesinos de su hija.
The Rebel
Madame Laurent
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.
Objetivo: Banco de Inglaterra
Un amargado coronel del ejército inglés, ya retirado, reúne a un grupo de siete compañeros, también jubilados, con la esperanza de ejecutar con precisión militar un atraco a un banco. (FILMAFFINITY)
El hombre que podía engañar a la muerte
Woman at Private View
Basada en una obra de Barré Lyndon, en la que previamente ya se inspiró "The Man in Half Moon Street" (1945). Un médico se mantiene joven y lozano gracias a periódicos trasplantes glandulares que ocultan su verdadera edad: 104 años. Pero, para ello, debe ser sacrificado algún que otro jovencito.
La máscara submarina
Daily Woman
Aunque la policía ha llegado a la conclusión de que la causa de la muerte de una mujer es el suicidio, la hija de la víctima sospecha que ha sido asesinada por su padrastro y está decidida a demostrarlo como sea.
El hombre verde
Felicity
A las órdenes de sus misteriosos jefes de Oriente Medio, el relojero Hawkins es en realidad un asesino a sueldo que siente predilección por matar a sus objetivos con bombas. Tras liquidar a un dictador y a un millonario, recibe el encargo de asesinar a un político que se alojará en el remoto hotel The Green Man con su secretaria, con quien mantiene una relación secreta. Una vez allí el plan de Hawkins será descubierto por el vendedor de aspiradoras William Blake, quien intentará detenerlo.
The Constant Husband
Moma Sopranelli
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.
The Flanagan Boy
Mother Vecchi
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.
Oro en barras
Señora Gallardo
Hace veinte años que el tímido Henry Holland (Alec Guinness) se encarga de supervisar el traslado de los cargamentos de oro del banco inglés en el que trabaja; pero llega un momento en que, harto de su gris y anodina vida, idea un ingenioso plan para llevar a cabo un espectacular robo en el banco: se trata de trasladar el oro de Inglaterra a Francia en forma de souvenirs de la Torre Eiffel.
Odette
Mme. Gliere (uncredited)
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)
Madness of the Heart
Paul's Mother
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.
The Man from Yesterday
Doris Amersley
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.
Warning to Wantons
Therese
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
After the Ball
Lavita
The wife of a diplomat in Geneva pretends to be a maid in order to continue her flirting with a handsome young courier.
Unmasked
Mrs. Brookfield
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.
White Mice
Senora Rojas
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.
The Heart Raider
Mrs. Dennis (John's Mother)
A young troublemaker sets her eyes on a confirmed bachelor.
Evidence
Mrs. Bascom
Without Fear
Mrs Hamilton
Little Miss Rebellion
Lady-in-Waiting
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.
A Dark Lantern
Lady Peterborough
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.
Remodeling Her Husband
Mrs. Wakefield
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.
His House in Order
Geraldine Ridgley
A woman attempts to regain the love of her husband, who constantly compares her unfavorably to his first wife.
Sooner or Later
Mrs. Hollander
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.
The Glorious Lady
Dowager Duchess
Durante un evento anual en Inglaterra entre nobles y plebeyos, el Duque de Loarne sufre un accidente con su caballo durante una carrera y es rescatado por Ivis Benson, hija de un granjero, que iba líder en la carrera. Ambos son heridos, y se enamoran mientras el duque visita a Ivis imentras se recupera, par desgracia de la madre del duque y de Lady Eileen, la elección de su madre para que fuera su mujer. (filmaffinit)
Help! Help! Police!
Mrs. Pendleton
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.