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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.
Buster Keaton, pseudonimo di Joseph Frank Keaton ( Piqua, 4 ottobre 1895 – Woodland Hills, 1º febbraio 1966 ), è stato un attore, regista e sceneggiatore statunitense, tra i maestri del periodo del cinema muto classico .
Keaton and wife Eleanor in 1965. On May 29, 1940, Keaton married Eleanor Norris, who was 23 years his junior. She has been credited with salvaging his life and career. The marriage lasted until his death. Between 1947 and 1954, the couple appeared regularly in the Cirque Medrano in Paris as a double act.
31 dic 2022 · Thirty-six hours after sharing one last bridge game with his wife, Buster died on February 1, 1966; Eleanor continued to burnish his legacy until her death, 32 years later. Classic Hollywood posts appear bimonthly on The Music Hall blog.
19 ott 1998 · Damfinos everywhere will miss Eleanor Ruth Norris Keaton, who passed away peacefully today after a long and brave battle with cancer. Buster Keaton’s widow, stage partner and greatest leading lady gave generously of her time in support of her husband’s memory and films.
21 ott 1998 · Eleanor Norris Keaton, widow of comic silent screen star Buster Keaton, died Monday of emphysema and lung cancer at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation. She was 80.
“He couldn’t get any work done that he thought was quality, because there were too many people interfering,” his widow Eleanor Keaton said of that unfortunate time. Buster: “They were picking stories and material without consulting me and I couldn’t argue ’em out of it.
