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film ''

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'', in which she played Phyliis, the mother of the lead character. On stage, she has appeared

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in '' Fuddy Meers'' in 1999, winning the Drama Desk Award for Featured Actress in a Play, and in '' Kimberly Akimbo'' in 2003, receiving a Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play nomination. She also played the role of Jack's mother in the 2002 Broadway revival of ''

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''.

Biography

Burke was born and raised in Steelton, Pennsylvania, attended

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(in

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), and earned an M.A. in English literature at the

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. She moved to

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at age 32 to try acting, after working as a

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and research assistant.

Stage

Burke has appeared on

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in '' Inherit the Wind'' in 1996, ''

'' in 2002 as Jack's mother, ''

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'' in 2007, '' Fish in the Dark'' in 2015, and '' True West'' in 2018-19."Marylouise Burke Broadway Productions and Awards"
playbillvault.com; accessed October 26, 2015. She has appeared in many Off-Broadway plays. She appeared in the

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play ''Ripcord'' at the

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Stage I, which opened in October 2015. This is the fourth play by Lindsay-Abaire in which she appeared. She first appeared Off-Broadway in ''The Broken Pitcher'' by Heinrich Von Kleist at the Martinique Theatre in October 1981. She played "Gertie" in '' Fuddy Meers'' which opened at the Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II in November 1999. She appeared in '' Wonder of the World'', written by David Lindsay-Abaire at the Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I in 2001. Burke played the title role in '' Kimberly Akimbo'', which premiered Off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club New York City Center Stage 1 in February 2003. She performed in ''Kimberly Akimbo'' in its debut at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa, California from April to May 2001. She won the 2000

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for her appearance as Gertie in ''Fuddy Meers'' and was nominated for the 2003 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play for ''Kimberly Akimbo''. Burke received the 2014 Obie Award for Sustained excellence of performance. She was awarded the Richard Seff Award, presented by

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Foundation for 2019. The award is given to "veteran female and male character actors for their performances in a supporting roles in a Broadway or Off-Broadway production."

Film

Burke played Lillian in ''

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'' (1998) and the role of Miles' mother in the 2004 film ''

''. She played Delores in the 2005 film The Baxter. She also played Sylvia in 2014 film '' Wild Canaries''. Most recently she has been on the Netflix series as Marty and Wendy Byrde's corrupt marital therapist, Sue Shelby, on

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in 2020.

Television

Burke starred in a commercial for Esurance entitled "Beatrice" circa 2014. One of Burke's lines has become a popular meme: "That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works."

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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