
Jackie Burroughs
Birthday: 2 February 1939, Lancashire, England, UK
Jackie Burroughs was born February 2, 1939 in Lancashire, England, UK. She acted in live theater at Ontario's Stratford Festival before she made her film debut appearance in The Ernie Game (1967) ...Show More

I've heard that they think me bossy. I've heard I'm difficult to work with. I am bossy actually. I w Show more
I've heard that they think me bossy. I've heard I'm difficult to work with. I am bossy actually. I want to do it the way I want to do it. It's easy to tread on other people's toes without even knowing it. If you're me, it is anyway, evidently. They may think I'm bossy and upstaging, but I don't mean it. I'm just taking my role to the limit. Hide
I have to be involved in the entire project. I like to watch other people's scenes. I just couldn't Show more
I have to be involved in the entire project. I like to watch other people's scenes. I just couldn't come in and do my part.It would be too lonely for me. But..I have lots of opinions on how it's being shot, the lighting and everything. I'm being a nuisance to help the program. Hide
The kind of people who did radio were a breed apart. In radio you're passionately involved, and when Show more
The kind of people who did radio were a breed apart. In radio you're passionately involved, and when the show is over you go off together, in this great camaraderie, and get pissed. You don't do that in television. In TV, you've got to be up at four in the morning and work until maybe nine at night. You're not going to be partying after that. Hide
I really like working with actors. My wars are never with actors. People say I think like a director Show more
I really like working with actors. My wars are never with actors. People say I think like a director, but I wouldn't want to be one. I don't want anybody else to boss me, but I don't want to boss anybody else, either. I just don't like being controlled. Hide
Jackie Burroughs's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (53)


Vera Smith

Aunt Budge

Mrs. Warren

Mrs. Amelia Evans

Cassandra Carver

Fay Vaughn

Hetty King

Mrs. Ryor