Eleanor Keaton
Birthday: Born in 1918-07-29 in Los Angeles, California, U.S
Deathday: 1998-10-19
Eleanor Ruth Keaton (July 29, 1918 – October 19, 1998) was an American dancer and variety show performer. She was an MGM contract dancer in her teens and became the third wife of silent-film comedian Buster Keaton at the age of 21. She is credited with rehabilitating her husband's life and career. The two performed at the Cirque Medrano in Paris and on European tours in the 1950s; she also performed with him on The Buster Keaton Show in the early 1950s.
TV Credits
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Character: Self
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius....
Movie Credits
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Character: Self (archive footage)
A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary....
The Wizard of Oz
Character: Ozmite (uncredited)
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them....
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
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Feature film fashioned from parts of Keaton's short-lived TV series "The Buster Keaton Show."...
Buster Keaton Rides Again
Character: Self
In the fall of 1964, just over a year before his death, Buster Keaton traveled to Canada to make The Railrodder, a short subject that now enjoys a small cult following. Documenting this mobile production in fascinating and unexpected detail, Buster Keaton Rides Again offers a rare glimpse of the comedy legend’s temperament, philosophies, hobbies, marriage (his third), and the occasionally combative creative process behind the scenes. An intimate look at one of cinema’s most enduring legends....
Bathing Beauty
Character: Swimmer (uncredited)
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students....
Life with Buster Keaton
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Buster's shenanigans running a sporting goods store and his antics in a local theatre group....
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Character: Chorus Girl (uncredited)
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts....