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Acting
Evelyn Keyes
Also known as: Evelyn Louise Keyes
Biography
Evelyn Louise Keyes (November 20, 1916 - July 4, 2008) was an American film actress. A chorus girl by age 18, Keyes came out to Hollywood and was introduced to Cecil B. DeMille, who in her own words, “signed me to a personal contract without even making a test”. After a handful of B-movies at Paramount Pictures, she landed the role in Gone with the Wind, of Scarlett O'Hara's sister, Suellen. She was later interviewed for the 1988 documentary The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind. Columbia Pictures signed her to a contract. In 1941, she played an ingenue in Here Comes Mr. Jordan. She spent most of the early 1940s playing leads in many of Columbia's B dramas and mysteries. She appeared as the female lead opposite Larry Parks in Columbia's blockbuster hit, The Jolson Story. She followed this up with an enjoyable minor screwball comedy, The Mating of Millie, with Glenn Ford. She was then in a 1949 role as Kathy Flannigan in Mrs. Mike. Keyes' last major film role was a small part as Tom Ewell's vacationing wife in The Seven Year Itch (1955), which starred Marilyn Monroe. Keyes officially retired in 1956, but continued to act.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 20, 1916
Day of Death
July 4, 2008
Age at Death
91 years old
Place of Birth
Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Popularity Score
1.4
Filmography
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Self (archive footage)
2020Movie
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
2003Movie
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Self
2003Movie
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
Self
2000Movie
Glorious Technicolor
Self
1998Movie
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Self
1990Movie
Wicked Stepmother
Witch Instructor
1989Movie
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self
1988Movie
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self
1988Movie
A Return to Salem's Lot
Mrs. Axel
1987Movie
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Self
1987Movie
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Self
1985Movie
Amazing Stories
Evelyn Chumsky
1985TV
Murder, She Wrote
Edna
1984TV
A Matter of Diamonds
Mrs. Panzack
1968Movie
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Panzack
1967TV
Around the World in 80 Days
Paris Tart
1956Movie
The Seven Year Itch
Helen Sherman
1955Movie
Top of the World
Virgie Rayne
1955Movie
Hell's Half Acre
Donna Williams
1954Movie
Climax!
Drusilla Cayley
1954TV
99 River Street
Linda James
1953Movie
Rough Shoot
Cecily
1953Movie
One Big Affair
Jean Harper
1952Movie
It Happened in Paris
Patricia Moran
1952Movie
The Prowler
Susan Gilvray
1951Movie
Iron Man
Rose Warren Mason
1951Movie
Smuggler's Island
Vivian Craig
1951Movie
The Killer That Stalked New York
Sheila Bennet
1950Movie
Lux Video Theatre
Jane
1950TV
Mr. Soft Touch
Jenny Jones
1949Movie
Mrs. Mike
Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
1949Movie
Enchantment
Grizel Dane
1948Movie
The Mating of Millie
Millie McGonigle
1948Movie
Johnny O'Clock
Nancy Hobson
1947Movie
The Jolson Story
Julie Benson
1946Movie
Renegades
Hannah Brockway
1946Movie
The Thrill of Brazil
Vicki Dean
1946Movie
A Thousand and One Nights
Babs The Genie
1945Movie
Strange Affair
Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
1944Movie
Nine Girls
Mary O'Ryan
1944Movie
Dangerous Blondes
Jane Craig
1943Movie
There's Something About a Soldier
Carol Harkness
1943Movie
The Desperadoes
Allison McLeod
1943Movie
Flight Lieutenant
Susie Thompson
1942Movie
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Ruth Morley
1942Movie
The Face Behind the Mask
Helen Williams
1941Movie
Ladies in Retirement
Lucy
1941Movie
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Bette Logan
1941Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941Movie
Before I Hang
Martha Garth
1940Movie
The Lady in Question
Francois Morestan
1940Movie
Beyond the Sacramento
Lynn Perry
1940Movie
Gone with the Wind
Suellen O'Hara
1939Movie
Slightly Honorable
Miss Vlissingen
1939Movie
Paris Honeymoon
Village Girl (uncredited)
1939Movie
Sudden Money
Mary Patterson
1939Movie
Union Pacific
Mrs. Calvin
1939Movie
Sons of the Legion
Linda Lee
1938Movie
Artists and Models Abroad
Girl (uncredited)
1938Movie
Men with Wings
Nurse
1938Movie
The Buccaneer
Madeleine
1938Movie
Dangerous to Know
Party Guest (uncredited)
1938Movie