Kathleen Burke

Biography

Kathleen B. Burke was a talented American actress of the 1930s, born in Hammond, Indiana in 1913. She gained fame after winning a talent contest sponsored by Paramount Pictures to play Lota the Panther Woman in Island of Lost Souls (1932), which led to notable roles in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) opposite Gary Cooper and The Last Outpost with Cary Grant. At just 25, she retired from film acting.