Eleanor Keaton

Eleanor Keaton

Born: July 29, 1918
Died: October 19, 1998
in Los Angeles, California, U.S
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.

Movies for Eleanor Keaton...

The Great Buster: A Celebration
Title: The Great Buster: A Celebration
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 5, 2018
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Character: Self
Released: September 30, 1987
Type: TV
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
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Buster Keaton Rides Again
Title: Buster Keaton Rides Again
Character: Herself
Released: October 30, 1965
Type: Movie
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.
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Life with Buster Keaton
Title: Life with Buster Keaton
Released: February 10, 1951
Type: Movie
Buster's shenanigans running a sporting goods store and his antics in a local theatre group.
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The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
Title: The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
Released: December 31, 1950
Type: Movie
Feature film fashioned from parts of Keaton's short-lived TV series "The Buster Keaton Show."
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Bathing Beauty
Title: Bathing Beauty
Character: Swimmer (uncredited)
Released: June 27, 1944
Type: Movie
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.
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The Wizard of Oz
Title: The Wizard of Oz
Character: Ozmite (uncredited)
Released: August 15, 1939
Type: Movie
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.
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The Big Broadcast of 1938
Title: The Big Broadcast of 1938
Character: Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Released: February 11, 1938
Type: Movie
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.