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Evelyn Keyes

Evelyn Keyes

Birthday: 1916-11-21 | Place of Birth: Port Arthur, Texas, USA

Evelyn Louise Keyes 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1989
Wicked Stepmother

as    Witch Instructor

1987
A Return to Salem's Lot

as    Mrs. Axel

1955
The Seven Year Itch

as    Helen Sherman

1954
Hell's Half Acre

as    Donna Williams

1953
Rough Shoot

as    Cecily Paine

1953
99 River Street

as    Linda James

1953
Iron Man

as    Rose Warren Mason

1952
One Big Affair

as    Jean Harper

1951
The Prowler

as    Susan Gilvray

1951
Smuggler's Island

as    Vivian Craig

1950
The Killer That Stalked New York

as    Sheila Bennet

1949
Mr. Soft Touch

as    Jenny Jones

1948
Enchantment

as    Grizel Dane

1947
Johnny O'Clock

as    Nancy Hobson

1946
The Jolson Story

as    Julie Benson

1946
The Thrill of Brazil

as    Vicki Dean

1945
A Thousand and One Nights

as    The Genie

1943
The Desperadoes

as    Allison McLeod

1943
Dangerous Blondes

as    Jane Craig

1942
The Adventures of Martin Eden

as    Ruth Morley

1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as    Bette Logan

1941
The Face Behind the Mask

as    Helen Williams

1940
The Lady in Question

as    Francois Morestan

1940
Before I Hang

as    Martha Garth

1939
Gone with the Wind

as    Suellen O'Hara