Editing Busby Berkeley (section)

== Early life ==
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Berkeley was born in Los Angeles, California, to Francis Enos (who died when Busby was eight) and stage actress [[Gertrude Berkeley]] (1864–1946). Among Gertrude's friends, and a performer in Tim Frawly's Stock company run by Busby Berkeley's father, were actress [[Amy Busby]] from whom Berkeley gained the appellation "Buzz" or "Busby"<ref name="Clarke">{{cite book|title=Pseudonyms|author=Joseph F. Clarke|publisher=BCA|date=1977|page=112}}</ref><ref>[https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keywords=amy+busby Amy Busby portrait gallery; New York Public Library] Retrieved April 28, 2015</ref> and actor [[William Gillette]], then only four years away from playing [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Whether he was christened Busby Berkeley William Enos,<ref name="Spivak">Spivak, Jeffrey, ''Buzz, The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley'' (University Press of Kentucky, 2010), pp. 6–7.</ref> or Berkeley William Enos, with Busby's being a nickname, is unknown<ref name="Clarke" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodsgoldenage.com/moguls/busby.html|title=Busby Berkeley – Hollywood's Golden Age}}</ref> – the "Child's names" entry on his birth certificate is blank.<ref name="Spivak" />

In addition to her stage work, Gertrude played mother roles in silent films while Berkeley was still a child. Berkeley made his stage début at five, acting in the company of his performing family. 

In 1917, he lived in [[Athol, Massachusetts]], working as an advertising and sales manager.<ref>U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918 for Busby Berkeley Enos</ref> During [[World War I]], Berkeley served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] as a [[field artillery]] lieutenant, drilling 1,200 soldiers in complex choreography.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Spivak|first=Jeffrey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_VzEl8irxcC&q=Second+lt.+busby+berkeley+military++drills&pg=PT58|title=Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley|date=November 29, 2010|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-4008-7|language=en}}</ref>