Butterbeans and Susie were a comedy duo made up of Jodie Edwards (1895-1967) and Susie Hawthorne (1896-1963). Edwards began his career in 1910 as a singer and dancer. Meanwhile, Hawthorne performed in African American theater. The two met in 1916 when Hawthorne was in the chorus of the Smart Set show. They married on stage the next year. The two did not perform as a comic team until the early 1920s.