Kathy Burke

ActorDirectorWriterProducer Jun 13 (age 61) Camden, London, England, UK 1982–2024 (42 year career)

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Biography

Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke (born 13 June 1964) is an English actress, comedienne, playwright and theatre director. She best known for her portrayals of Perry in the Harry Enfield film Kevin and Perry Go Large, and of Linda La Hughes in the british sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme (the latter of which she co-wrote and developed with Jonathan Harvey). She is also known for her regular appearances on French and Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous and Harry Enfield and Chums.

Known For

Film

The Sea Beast

Gwen Batterbee (voice)

Film

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Connie Sachs

Film

Elizabeth

Queen Mary Tudor

Film

Flushed Away

Rita's Mum (voice)

Film

Pan

Mother Barnabas

Film

Sid and Nancy

Brenda Windzor

Film

Nil by Mouth

Valerie

Film

Blitz

Beryl

Filmography

Acting (107)

Movies (52)

Blitz

2024

as Beryl

6.0

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

2023

as Self

7.0

The Sea Beast

2022

as Gwen Batterbee (voice)

7.3

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

2016

as Magda

5.3

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

2016

as Linda (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.7

Pan

2015

as Mother Barnabas

6.0

An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse

2015

7.0

The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World

2015

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.7

Brendan Behan: The Roaring Boy

2014

as Herself

Walking and Talking

2012

as Angry Nun

7.0

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as Connie Sachs

The Antics Roadshow

as Narrator (voice)

Flushed Away

as Rita's Mum (voice)

6.3

The Importance of Being Morrissey

as Self

Anita and Me

as Mrs. Rutter

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

2002

as Carol

6.2

Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute

2002

as Self

The Martins

2001

as Angie Martin

5.2

Love, Honour and Obey

2000

as Kathy

5.8

Kevin & Perry Go Large

as Perry

This Year's Love

as Marey

Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager

1999

as Perry

7.5

Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show

1999

as Self

Elizabeth

as Queen Mary Tudor

Ted & Ralph

as Mrs. Ted

Dancing at Lughnasa

as Margaret 'Maggie' Mundy

5.9

Nil by Mouth

1997

as Valerie

6.9

VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon

1996

as Sandra

10.0

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

as Magda

Hello, Hello, Hello

as Jo Thomas

After Miss Julie

as Christine

Sin Bin

1994

as Debbie

Jealousy

1993

as Waitress

Is That All There Is?

1992

as Self

7.0

Morrissey - Hulmerist

1991

as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

Amongst Barbarians

1990

as Lilly

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!

1990

as Mary

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

1990

as Mary

Work Experience

1989

as Sally

6.7

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

1989

as Self

7.5

The Black and Blue Lamp

1988

as Voiceover

Funseekers

1988

as Charlotte

Walker

as Annie Mae

Straight to Hell

Two of Us

as Vera

This Year's Model

as Mary

Sid and Nancy

1986

as Brenda Windzor

6.7

Past Caring

1986

as Angie

Sacred Hearts

1985

as Tillie

3.3

Forever Young

1983

as Girl

A Visitor from Outer Space

1983

as Tina

Scrubbers

1982

as Glennis

5.0

Television (55)

Kathy Burke: Growing Up

2023

as Self - Host

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019

as Self - Guest Judge

7.1

Joe Lycett's Got Your Back

2019

as Self

7.2

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

as Self

School of Roars

as Ms. Grizzlesniff

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

as Self

Crashing

as Great Aunt Gladys

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

2015

as Self - Guest

6.3

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

2014

as Self

7.2

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

The Last Leg

as Self

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

as Self

Psychobitches

as Mona Lisa

Playhouse Presents

as Mona Lisa

Walking and Talking

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Comedy Showcase

as The Virgin Mary

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

2007

6.2

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

2006

as Self

The F Word

Harry & Paul

Harry & Paul

Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky

as Jenny's Landlady

The Culture Show

as Self

The Catherine Tate Show

V Graham Norton

as Self

Big Brother's Little Brother

as Self

Gimme Gimme Gimme

Let Them Eat Cake

So Graham Norton

as Self - Guest

Rex the Runt

as Mrs. Mandelbrotska (voice)

7.0

Fantasy World Cup

1998

as Self

5.0

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

1997

as Honour

7.0

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996

as Self

7.0

The Frank Skinner Show

as Self

Room 101

as Self

Harry Enfield and Chums

1994

as Various Characters

7.1

Harry Enfield and Chums

as Perry

Common As Muck

as Sharon

Common As Muck

as Sharon

Mr. Wroe's Virgins

as Martha

Absolutely Fabulous

as Magda

Performance

as Christine

Murder Most Horrid

as Helen

Have I Got News for You

1990

as Self

7.1

Harry Enfield's Television Programme

1990

7.3

Casualty

1986

as Lorraine McCullier

6.2

A Very Peculiar Practice

as Alice

Call Me Mister

Ladies in Charge

Screen Two

as Debbie

Bleak House

as Guster

The Bill

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982

as Charlotte

7.4

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

as Self - Presenter

7.0

Crew (8)

Movies (4)

Lady Windermere's Fan

Director

Walking and Talking

Executive Producer

Walking and Talking

Writer

The End

Writer

Television (4)

Holding

Director

Psychobitches

Writer

Playhouse Presents

Writer

Walking and Talking

Writer