Pert Kelton

Pert Kelton was born on Oct 14, 1906 in USA. Pert Kelton's big-screen debut came with Sally directed by John Francis Dillon in 1929. Pert Kelton is known for The Music Man directed by Morton DaCosta, Robert Preston stars as Harold Hill and Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo. The upcoming new movie Pert Kelton plays is The Comic which will be released on Oct 02, 1970.

Vaudevillain, Broadway player and, for one decade from 1929, screen actress often in comedic roles. She also appeared in character parts in a handful of 60s films. She is memorable as the original - and the most believable - Alice Kramden, wife of Ralph Kramden (immortalized by Jackie Gleason), in TV's "The Honeymooners." Kelton's performances took place (ca. 1950-52) when "Honeymooners" had yet to become an independent series but was merely a sporadically scheduled, 10- or 15-minute playlet during Gleason's weekly TV variety show. Although they may yet exist on kinescope only narrowly available, Kelton's wonderful performances as Alice are otherwise essentially lost. She was forced to leave the role after being blacklisted. Audrey Meadows then won the role of Alice Kramden.