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Marylouise Burke
Marylouise Burke
Born	Steelton, Pennsylvania
Education	Master's degree, English literature
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupation	Actress

Marylouise Burke is an American actress. Her roles have included the 2004 Alexander Payne film Sideways, in which she played Phyliis, the mother of the lead character. On stage, she has appeared off-Broadway 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 Into the Woods.

Biography

Burke was born and raised in Steelton, Pennsylvania, attended Lebanon Valley College (in Annville, Pennsylvania), and earned an M.A. in English literature at the University of Wisconsin. She moved to New York City at age 32 to try acting, after working as a copy editor and research assistant.^[1]

Stage

Burke has appeared on Broadway in Inherit the Wind in 1996, Into the Woods in 2002 as Jack's mother, Is He Dead? in 2007, Fish in the Dark in 2015, and True West in 2018-19.^[2]

She has appeared in many Off-Broadway plays.^[3] She appeared in the David Lindsay-Abaire play Ripcord at the Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, which opened in October 2015.^[4] 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.^[5] She played "Gertie" in Fuddy Meers which opened at the Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II in November 1999.^[6] She appeared in Wonder of the World, written by David Lindsay-Abaire at the Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I in 2001.^[7]

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.^[8] She performed in Kimberly Akimbo in its debut at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa, California from April to May 2001.^[9]

She won the 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her appearance as Gertie in Fuddy Meers^[10] and was nominated for the 2003 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play for Kimberly Akimbo.^[2]

Burke received the 2014 Obie Award for sustained excellence of performance.^[11]

She was awarded the Richard Seff Award, presented by Actors Equity 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."^[12]

Film

Burke played Lillian in Meet Joe Black (1998) and the role of Miles' mother in the 2004 film Sideways.^[13] 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 Ozark in 2020.

Filmography

Film


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Angie	Fern
1995	Jeffrey	Aunt Phyllis
1997	Hudson River Blues	Drena
1998	Celebrity	Father Gladden's Fan on Porch
1998	One True Thing	Louisa
1998	Meet Joe Black	Lilian
1999	Bringing Out the Dead	Neighbor Woman
2000	Urbania	Yvette - The Poodle Lady
2001	Diary of a City Priest	Sister Grace
2001	Series 7: The Contenders	Connie
2002	Martin & Orloff	Mrs. Flam
2003	Mona Lisa Smile	President Jocelyn Carr's Secretary	Uncredited
2004	King of the Corner	Helen
2004	Sideways	Miles's Mother
2005	The Baxter	Delores
2005	Pizza	Aunt Grandma
2005	Must Love Dogs	Aunt Eileen
2006	A Prairie Home Companion	Lunch Lady
2006	Things That Hang from Trees	Joan Kayser
2006	Ira & Abby	Janice
2007	The Warrior Class	Madge	Direct-to-video
2007	The Cake Eaters	Babe
2008	We Pedal Uphill	Linda
2008	Doubt	Mrs. Deakins
2009	I Love You Phillip Morris	Barbara Bascombe
2010	Rabbit Hole	Librarian
2010	An Invisible Sign	Ms. Gelband
2012	That's What She Said	Phyllis
2012	Sleepwalk with Me	Aunt Lucille
2012	See Girl Run	Grandma
2014	Wild Canaries	Sylvia
2016	The Comedian	Adele

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991, 1997	Law & Order	Mrs. Collins / Estelle	2 episodes
2001	Amy & Isabelle	Arlene	Television film
2003	Hope & Faith	Nurse Sally	Episode: "Summary Judgement"
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Curious Woman	Episode: "Serendipity"
2004	My Sexiest Mistake	Carol	Television film
2007	The Mastersons of Manhattan	Rosemary Finley	Television film
2008	As the World Turns	Sally	Episode #1.13268
2008	Fringe	Flora Meegar	Episode: "Power Hungry"
2009	30 Rock	Mom	Episode: "St. Valentine's Day"
2009–2010	Hung	Jessica's Mother / Lottie	11 episodes
2012	Delocated	Janeane	Episode: "Camping"
2014	Baby Daddy	Mrs. Curtis	Episode: "Life's a Beach"
2014	Alpha House	Betty Mower	4 episodes
2015	Flesh and Bone	Betty	2 episodes
2016	The Mysteries of Laura	Mrs. Delvecchio	Episode: "The Mystery of the Dark Heart"
2016	Crisis in Six Scenes	Lucy	3 episodes
2016	The Affair	Donna	Episode #3.1
2017	The Mist	Anna	2 episodes
2017	Longmire	Beverly	3 episodes
2018	Instinct	Ana	Episode: "Long Shot"
2019	Happy!	Nun	Episode: "Some Girls Need a Lot of Repenting"
2019	This Close	Hollis	Episode: "No Place Like Home"
2019–2020	Prodigal Son	Matilda Watkins	2 episodes
2020	New Amsterdam	Adele Eisenbaum	3 episodes
2020	Ozark	Sue Shelby	5 episodes
2020	I Know This Much Is True	Librarian	Episode: "One"
2021	The Blacklist	Paula Carter	3 episodes
TBA	Constance Cooks	Bettie Pogue	Episode: "Bitter Melons"