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Myra and Buster left the act in 1917, as a result of problems arising from Joe Keaton's drinking. [4] Six-year-old Buster Keaton (left) with his parents Myra (right) and Joe Keaton (middle) during a vaudeville act. All members of the Keaton family occasionally appeared in Buster's silent and sound comedies.
Parents. Joe Keaton (father) Myra Cutler (mother) Joseph Frank " Buster " Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) [1] was an American actor, comedian and film director. [2] He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently maintained a stoic, deadpan facial ...
Jul 12, 2018 · At the turn of the 20th century, Keaton’s parents, Joseph and Myra, were traveling vaudevillians who co-owned a medicine show with Weisz, an aspiring illusionist and escape artist known ...
Born Joseph Frank Keaton to a pair of medicine show performers, Joseph Hallie Keaton and Myra Cutler Keaton, on October 4, 1895, Buster seemed destined for show business. He reputedly made his first appearance on stage crawling on from the wings at the age of nine months (one improbable clipping says it was the day after he was born), to the ...
Jul 24, 2023 · Myra Edith Keaton was an American vaudeville performer and film actress. She was the mother of actor Buster Keaton. Myra Keaton was born in Modale, Iowa, the daughter of Frank Luke Cutler (1849–1935) and Sarah Elizabeth (née Shaffer; 1850–1887). She had an older brother, Burt Melvin Cutler, and a half-brother, Clinton M. Cutler.
- March 13, 1877
- Modale, Harrison County, Iowa, United States
Buster Keaton. Actor: The General. Joseph Frank Keaton was born on October 4, 1895 in Piqua, Kansas, to Joe Keaton and Myra Keaton. Joe and Myra were Vaudevillian comedians with a popular, ever-changing variety act, giving Keaton an eclectic and interesting upbringing. In the earliest days on stage, they traveled with a medicine show that included family friend, illusionist Harry Houdini ...
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Born: October 4, 1895, Piqua, Kansas. Died: February 1, 1966, Los Angeles, California. Joseph Frank Keaton was born in Piqua, Woodson County, on October 4, 1895, to Joseph Hallie and Myra Edith Cutler Keaton. A traveling vaudeville family, the Keatons happened to be in the area when Myra went into labor. He reportedly gained the nickname Buster ...
