New York-born Burton began her career as a child dancer, performed on
Broadway and, after relocating to Hollywood, danced in a few films.
When her dance career slowed in the '60s, she began working for an
agent and then became an independent agent herself. She helped launch
the careers of child actors River Phoenix, Henry Thomas and others.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
Iris Burton started out on the Broadway stage as a child dancer; she
soon moved to Hollywood, where she appeared as a dancer in movies until
the 1960s, when she became an agent, specializing in child actors.
Among her clients were
Henry Thomas,
Adam Rich,
Candace Cameron Bure and
Kirk Cameron. She discovered
Joaquin Phoenix,
River Phoenix and their sisters
Summer Phoenix and
Rain Phoenix singing for spare change on a
sidewalk in Westwood, California. She was once married to actor and
director Sidney Miller and was the
mother of Barry Miller.