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Kathy Burke

Biography

Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke 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

Kevin & Perry Go Large
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Dancing at Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa
Nil by Mouth
Nil by Mouth
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Flushed Away
Flushed Away
The Martins
The Martins
Love, Honour and Obey
Love, Honour and Obey
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Filmography

2024 Blitz
as Beryl
2023 imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
2023 Kathy Burke: Growing Up
as Self - Host
2022 The Sea Beast
as Gwen Batterbee (voice)
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge
2019 Joe Lycett's Got Your Back
as Self
2017 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
as Self
2017 Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
as Self
2017 School of Roars
as Ms. Grizzlesniff
2016 British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Linda (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Magda
2016 Crashing
as Aunt Gladys
2015 Pan
as Mother Barnabas
2015 An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
as
2015 The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015 Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest
2014 Brendan Behan: The Roaring Boy
as Herself
2014 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
as Self
2014 Duck Quacks Don't Echo
as
2013 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
as Self - Contestant