Kathy Burke

In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest people in British comedy. On her passing in 1974, she was interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Although mainly associated with comedy, she has played several serious roles, including that of Queen Mary I of England in Elizabeth. She retired following that film and helped her husband run a business called "Ashtrays Unlimited". She quickly became successful in her own right. Compson's last film was Here Comes Trouble. Along with French and Saunders, she featured on a Comic Relief charity single as a member of a Bananarama lookalike band. Compson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the performance.

Burke first became familiar to television audiences as a player of minor roles in sketches by better-known performers such as Harry Enfield, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. In 1928 she appeared in The Barker, a silent movie which contained some talking scenes. Kathy Burke (born June 13, 1964) is a British actress. Born Eleanor Luicime Compson in Beaver, Utah, she had an extensive filmography, with 25 performances in 1916 alone, although most of them are shorts. V Graham Norton (2002). Betty Compson (March 19, 1897 - April 18, 1974) was an American actress. Ted & Ralph (1998).

Shooting Gallery (1999). Room 101 (1994). Pleasure Island (1999). Never Mind The Buzzcocks (1996).

Let Them Eat Cake (1999). Have I Got News For You (1990). Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990). Harry Enfield and Chums (1994).

Gimme Gimme Gimme (co-wrote). French and Saunders (1987). Absolutely Fabulous (1992). Dancing at Lughnasa.

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002). The Martins (2001). Love, Honour and Obey (2000). Kevin and Perry Go Large (2000).

Elizabeth (1998). Anita and Me (2002).