Caroline Burke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Caroline Burke

American actress, theater producer, television producer, writer, and art collector

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1913

Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, United States

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1964

Profession: actor, journalist, stage actor, theater director

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Caroline Burke

  • Caroline Flora Burke (nĂ©e Berg; July 7, 1913 – December 5, 1964) was an American actress, theater producer, television producer, writer, and art collector.
  • She appeared in several films in the early 1940s before becoming a theater producer in New York City, notably producing several stage productions of Harold Pinter plays and Broadway productions.
  • She also worked as a producer for NBC in the 1950s, and at the time was the company's only female producer.The daughter of a prominent Portland, Oregon businessman, Burke studied art history at Bryn Mawr College before embarking on a short-lived career as an actress.
  • Her first role was a starring part in The Mysterious Rider (1942), which she followed with three minor film appearances before retiring from film acting.
  • In the 1950s, she transitioned into executive and production work for NBC, as well as theatre producing for various Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
  • In addition to her career in entertainment, Burke also taught television production at Columbia University, and was the founder of the art history department at Reed College.
  • She died of undisclosed causes in 1964 while in the midst of producing a second Harold Pinter stage production, which opened the week following her death. Burke and her husband, business executive Erwin Swann, owned a significant art collection of modernist paintings and sculpture—including works by Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, and Auguste Rodin—which has showed at several national art museums.
  • Additionally, the couple's collection of cartoon and caricature artwork is owned by the U.S.
  • Library of Congress.

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