Natalie Talmadge

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Natalie Talmadge

Natalie Mary Talmadge , called Nate (born April 29, 1896 in Brooklyn , New York , † June 19, 1969 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American actress of the silent film era . She was the first wife of the silent movie star Buster Keaton .

Life

Natalie was the middle daughter of Frederick L. Talmadge († 1925) and his wife Margaret Peg José (1870-1933) and the sister of Norma (1894-1957) and Constance (1898-1973). Around 1908, her mother separated from her alcoholic husband and moved to California with her daughters. There her sisters were discovered as actresses and soon became movie stars. Natalie Talmadge also rose to the Hollywood nobility, although she could never really achieve the success of her sisters in the film industry.

In 1916 Natalie got her first small role in the film Intolerance , directed by David Wark Griffith, as a harem lady . Between 1916 and 1923 she starred in eight other films and in 1918 wrote together with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle the screenplay for the film Out West with Buster Keaton in the leading role.

Natalie got to know and love Keaton through her brother-in-law Joseph Schenck . They were married in New Mexico on May 31, 1921 . The marriage resulted in two sons: Joseph Talmadge Keaton aka Buster Keaton Jr. (1922-2007) and Robert Keaton (1924-2009). The Keaton couple starred in the film Verflixte Gastfreundschaft (Original title Our Hospitality , 1923) together in front of the camera.

The marriage was turbulent and the focus of the public. The couple owned an expensive Italian-style mansion in Los Angeles. When Keaton moved to the film production and film distribution company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1928 , this had an adverse effect on Buster's career. This lost more and more success and suffered more and more from alcoholism , which Talmadge then later stated as a reason for divorce. Natalie Talmadge filed for divorce in 1932 - long arguments about the division of property and custody of the two children ensued . In the following years, she also prevented Keaton from seeing their sons, and changed the names of their children.

Natalie Talmadge spent the following decades withdrawn from the public until her death. She died in 1969 at the age of 73 of complications from a heart attack and was buried in the family crypt of the Talmadges.

Filmography

  • 1916 intolerance (Intolerance)
  • 1917: His Wedding Night
  • 1917: A Country Hero
  • 1918: Out West (as a screenwriter)
  • 1919: The Isle of Conquest
  • 1920: The Love Expert
  • 1920: Yes or No
  • 1921: The enchanted house (The Haunted House)
  • 1921: Passion Flower
  • 1923: Darn hospitality (Our Hospitality)

literature

  • Marion Meade: Buster Keaton. Cut to the chase . Da Capo Press, New York 1997, ISBN 0-306-80802-1 (EA New York 1995).
  • Walter Kerr: The Silent Clowns . Da Capo Press, New York 1990, ISBN 0-306-80387-9 (EA New York 1980)

Web links

Commons : Natalie Talmadge  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Melissa Talmadge Cox, daughter of J. Talmagde Keaton , accessed December 7, 2015
  2. ^ Robert Talmadge, Social Security Death Index via ancientfaces.com , accessed December 7, 2015
  3. ↑ Article on the marriage of Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge
  4. ↑ BusterKeaton.com ( Memento of the original from February 3, 1998 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.busterkeaton.com
  5. ↑ Natalie Talmadge at Find A Grave
personal data
SURNAME Talmadge, Natalie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Talmadge Keaton, Natalie; Talmadge, Natalie Mary (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress of the silent film era
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1969
Place of death Santa Monica , California , United States