Myra Keaton

Myra Keaton
Born	Myra Edith Cutler March 13, 1877(1877-03-13) Modale, Iowa, U.S.
Died	July 21, 1955(1955-07-21) (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film actress

Myra Keaton (March 13, 1877 – July 21, 1955) was an American vaudeville performer and film actress. She was the mother of actor Buster Keaton.

Information

Myra Keaton was born Myra Edith Cutler in Modale, Iowa; the daughter of Frank Luke Cutler (1849–1935) and Sarah Elizabeth Shaffer (1850–1887). She had an older brother, Burt Melvin Cutler, and a half-brother, Clinton M. Cutler.

As teenagers, Myra and Burt traveled and performed with their father's medicine show. Joe Keaton joined the show while they traveled through Oklahoma Territory in 1893. Myra and Joe married on May 31, 1894, and began performing together in various medicine shows and vaudeville. Their son, silent film actor Buster Keaton (Joseph Frank Keaton), was born October 4, 1895. Their other children included Harry Keaton and Louise Keaton. At the age of four, Buster officially joined the family's vaudeville act, which was billed as "The Three Keatons". Myra and Buster left the act in 1917, as a result of problems arising from Joe Keaton's drinking.^[1]

All members of the Keaton family occasionally appeared in Buster's silent and sound comedies. Although estranged in later years, Myra was married to Joe until Joe's death in 1946.

Death

Myra Keaton died on July 21, 1955, in Los Angeles, California aged 78. She died while her son, Buster, was on tour in England. She was buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park in Sylmar, California.

See also

• Buster Keaton
• Camille Keaton
• Harry Keaton
• Joe Keaton
• Louise Keaton

References

1. ^ Prikryl, Jana, "The Genius of Buster", The New York Review of Books, June 2, 2011, pp. 30–33

External links

• Myra Keaton at the Internet Movie Database
• Keaton biography
• Myra's grave

Persondata
Name	Keaton, Myra
Alternative names	Cutler, Myra Edith
Short description	Film actress
Date of birth	1877-3-13
Place of birth	Modale, Iowa, U.S.
Date of death	1955-7-21
Place of death	Los Angeles, California, U.S.