Background
Myra Keaton was born Myra Edith Cutler in Modale, Iowa. The daughter of Frank Luke Cutler (1849–1935) and Sarah Elizabeth (née Shaffer. 1850–1887).
Myra Keaton was born Myra Edith Cutler in Modale, Iowa. The daughter of Frank Luke Cutler (1849–1935) and Sarah Elizabeth (née Shaffer. 1850–1887).
She was the mother of actor Buster Keaton. 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.
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.
Although estranged in later years, Myra was married to Joe until Joe"s death in 1946.
Myra Keaton died on July 21, 1955, in Los Angeles, California aged 78. She was buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park in Sylmar, California.
All members of the Keaton family occasionally appeared in Buster"s silent and sound comedies.