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Pert L. Kelton was an American stage, movie, radio, and television actress. She was the first actress who played Alice Kramden in The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason and earlier, during the 1930s, was a prominent comedic supporting and leading actress in Hollywood films such as Bed of Roses and The Bowery. She performed in a dozen Broadway productions between 1925 and 1968. However, her career was interrupted in the 1950s as a result of blacklisting, leading to her departure from The Honeymooners.
Born
Sunday, 14 October 1906
Died
Wednesday, 30 October 1968
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pioneers of Television | Alice Kramden / Self | 2008 |
| Television: The First Fifty Years | Alice Kramden | 1999 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Eadie White (clip from The Hit Parade (1937)) | 1991 |
| The Comic | Mama Bell | 1969 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Mrs. Gibson - Alice's Mother | 1966 |
| T.H.E. Cat | Mary Bloodgood | 1966 |
| Occasional Wife | Mrs. Patterson | 1966 |
| Love & Kisses | Nanny | 1965 |
| Gomer Pyle: USMC | Iona Purcell | 1964 |
| The Music Man | Mrs. Paroo | 1962 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pioneers of Television | Alice Kramden / Self | 2008 |
| Television: The First Fifty Years | Alice Kramden | 1999 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Eadie White (clip from The Hit Parade (1937)) | 1991 |
| The Comic | Mama Bell | 1969 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Mrs. Gibson - Alice's Mother | 1966 |
| T.H.E. Cat | Mary Bloodgood | 1966 |
| Occasional Wife | Mrs. Patterson | 1966 |
| Love & Kisses | Nanny | 1965 |
| Gomer Pyle: USMC | Iona Purcell | 1964 |
| The Music Man | Mrs. Paroo | 1962 |
| My Three Sons | Thelma Wilson | 1960 |
| The Twilight Zone | Mrs. Parkes | 1959 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self | 1956 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Nelly O'Brien | 1953 |
| Omnibus | (segment) | 1952 |
| Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt | Self | 1951 |
| The Frank Sinatra Show | Self - Sketch Actor | 1950 |
| Beulah | Clara Dunston | 1950 |
| Cavalcade of Stars | Self - as Alice Kramden / Alice Kramden / Self - Alice Kramden / Self - Pamela Bumper - Guest at Reggie's Party | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Alice Kramden (Honeymooners Sketch) / Mrs. Punck - scene from 'Spofford' / Alice Kramden | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Comic Actress | 1948 |
| Whispering Enemies | Virginia Daniels | 1939 |
| Rhythm of the Saddle | Aunt Hattie | 1938 |
| Slander House | Mazie Mason | 1938 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Inmate | 1938 |
| Meet the Boy Friend | Beulah Potts | 1937 |
| The Hit Parade | Eadie White | 1937 |
| Women of Glamour | Nan LaRoque | 1937 |
| Cinema Circus | Pert Kelton | 1937 |
| Pan Handlers | Pert | 1936 |
| Laughing at Trouble | Ella McShane | 1936 |
| Cain and Mabel | Toddy | 1936 |
| Sitting on the Moon | Mattie | 1936 |
| Kelly the Second | Gloria | 1936 |
| Annie Oakley | Vera Delmar | 1935 |
| Mary Burns, Fugitive | Goldie Gordon | 1935 |
| A Night at the Biltmore Bowl | Pert Kelton | 1935 |
| Hooray for Love | Trixie Chummy | 1935 |
| Lightning Strikes Twice | Fay / Fay - the Fan Dancer | 1934 |
| Pursued | Gilda | 1934 |
| Bachelor Bait | Allie Summers | 1934 |
| Sing and Like It | Ruby | 1934 |
| The Meanest Gal in Town | Lulu White | 1934 |
| The Bowery | Trixie Odbray | 1933 |
| Bed of Roses | Minnie Brown / Minnie | 1933 |
| Fashion's Mirror | Singing Mannequin | 1930 |
| Hot Curves | Cookie | 1930 |
| Sally | Rosie | 1930 |
