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- WHEN ELEANOR Norris, in 1940 a contract dancer at MGM, married the great film comedian Buster Keaton, who was over twice her age, few predicted that the union would last, but it was to be a consistently happy marriage that was to survive Keaton's alcoholism and career vicissitudes and last until his death 26 years later.
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Against the advice of both her own friends and Buster's, she married Keaton in May 1940, when Norris was just 21 and Keaton 44.
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.
Keaton's personal life had stabilized with his 1940 marriage to MGM dancer Eleanor Norris, and now he was taking life a little easier, abandoning Columbia for the less strenuous field of feature films.
After meeting MGM contract dancer Eleanor Norris in 1938, he married the much-younger woman (she was 21; he was 44) in 1940. Their marriage was a happy one that lasted 26 years until his death from lung cancer in 1966 at the age of 70.
Nov 16, 2023 · The upturn began with a successful marriage in 1940 to a young lady named Eleanor Norris, who remained devoted to him during their 26 years of marriage. As his devoted partner and business manager, she guided the last years of his life to his greatest international acclaim.
- John Tibbetts
After meeting MGM contract dancer Eleanor Norris in 1938, he married the much-younger woman (she was 23; he was 44) in 1940. Their marriage was a happy one that lasted 26 years until his death from lung cancer in 1966 at the age of 70.
Luckily they didn't and Buster and Eleanor were happily married for nearly 26 years. For the rest of his life Buster and Eleanor were rarely far from each other and she accompanied him on set whilst he worked and even appeared on stage with him.
