[3] In the early 1950s, she moved to Hollywood, appearing as a dancer in several films such as Top Banana (1954) and The Ten Commandments (1956).
[3] She was well known for discovering the Phoenix brothers (River and Joaquin), and their sisters (Rain, Liberty, and Summer) whom she spotted singing for spare change in Westwood, Los Angeles.
Sestero portrays Burton as a warm, quick-witted agent who took on representing him despite his lack of experience and ultimately led him to his first big roles.
[6] This chapter was dramatized briefly in the 2017 film adaptation of the book, with Burton portrayed by Sharon Stone.
[citation needed] Iris Burton died on April 5, 2008, aged 77, from pneumonia and complications of Alzheimer's disease in Woodland Hills, California[4] at the Motion Picture and Television Country House.