Anne of the Thousand Days
Burton's first screen appearance was in the 1969 film "Anne of the Thousand Days," starring her father, with whom she later appeared as Alice opposite his White Knight in the 1983 Great Performances broadcast of "Alice in Wonderland," and in the 1984 CBS miniseries "Ellis Island". Other films include "Big Trouble in Little China", "The First Wives Club", "Life with Mikey," and "The Ice Storm". Burton has said of these roles that she usually plays "the sweet wife, or the sweet dead wife."