Natalie Talmadge (April 29, 1896 â€" June 19, 1969) was an American
silent film actress who was best known as the wife of Buster Keaton,
and sister of the movie stars Norma and Constance Talmadge. She
retired from acting in 1923.Talmadge was born in Brooklyn, New York to
Margaret L. "Peg" and Frederick O. Talmadge. She was the younger
sister of Norma Talmadge and the older sister of Constance Talmadge,
both of whom became successful film actresses.She appeared in D.W.
Griffith's Intolerance (1916), The Passion Flower (1921) with her
sister Norma, and Buster Keaton's Our Hospitality (1923), her final
film appearance.Talmadge married Buster Keaton on May 31, 1921. She
proposed to him in a letter in January of that year by saying, "I am
alone now with Mother. If you still care for me just send for me."
Keaton went east from Hollywood by train and married her. It's
possible[according to whom?] that Joe Schenck, Keaton's producer and
Norma's husband and producer, influenced the match, arguing that it
would solve several problems at once and keep the business all in the
family, although Keaton and Talmadge had dated in the past.
silent film actress who was best known as the wife of Buster Keaton,
and sister of the movie stars Norma and Constance Talmadge. She
retired from acting in 1923.Talmadge was born in Brooklyn, New York to
Margaret L. "Peg" and Frederick O. Talmadge. She was the younger
sister of Norma Talmadge and the older sister of Constance Talmadge,
both of whom became successful film actresses.She appeared in D.W.
Griffith's Intolerance (1916), The Passion Flower (1921) with her
sister Norma, and Buster Keaton's Our Hospitality (1923), her final
film appearance.Talmadge married Buster Keaton on May 31, 1921. She
proposed to him in a letter in January of that year by saying, "I am
alone now with Mother. If you still care for me just send for me."
Keaton went east from Hollywood by train and married her. It's
possible[according to whom?] that Joe Schenck, Keaton's producer and
Norma's husband and producer, influenced the match, arguing that it
would solve several problems at once and keep the business all in the
family, although Keaton and Talmadge had dated in the past.
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