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Evelyn Keyes

Born
November 20, 1916
Died
July 4, 2008
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.
Known For
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Suellen O'Hara
The Seven Year Itch
(1955)
Helen Sherman
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Paris Tart
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Bette Logan
Wicked Stepmother
(1989)
Witch Instructor
A Return to Salem's Lot
(1987)
Mrs. Axel
Glorious Technicolor
(1998)
Self
The Prowler
(1951)
Susan Gilvray
Union Pacific
(1939)
Mrs. Calvin
Full Filmography
Acting
Sons of the Legion
(1938)
Linda Lee
Men with Wings
(1938)
Nurse
Artists and Models Abroad
(1938)
Girl (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
(1938)
Madeleine
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Suellen O'Hara
Slightly Honorable
(1939)
Miss Vlissingen
Paris Honeymoon
(1939)
Village Girl (uncredited)
Sudden Money
(1939)
Mary Patterson
Union Pacific
(1939)
Mrs. Calvin
Before I Hang
(1940)
Martha Garth
The Lady in Question
(1940)
Francois Morestan
Beyond the Sacramento
(1940)
Lynn Perry
The Face Behind the Mask
(1941)
Helen Williams
Ladies in Retirement
(1941)
Lucy
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Bette Logan
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
(1941)
Flight Lieutenant
(1942)
Susie Thompson
The Adventures of Martin Eden
(1942)
Ruth Morley
Dangerous Blondes
(1943)
Jane Craig
There's Something About a Soldier
(1943)
Carol Harkness
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Allison McLeod
Strange Affair
(1944)
Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
Nine Girls
(1944)
Mary O'Ryan
A Thousand and One Nights
(1945)
The Genie
The Jolson Story
(1946)
Julie Benson
The Thrill of Brazil
(1946)
Vicki Dean
Renegades
(1946)
Hannah Brockway
Johnny O'Clock
(1947)
Nancy Hobson
Enchantment
(1948)
Grizel Dane
The Mating of Millie
(1948)
Millie McGonigle
Mr. Soft Touch
(1949)
Jenny Jones
Mrs. Mike
(1949)
Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
The Killer That Stalked New York
(1950)
Sheila Bennet
The Prowler
(1951)
Susan Gilvray
Iron Man
(1951)
Rose Warren Mason
Smuggler's Island
(1951)
Vivian Craig
One Big Affair
(1952)
Jean Harper
It Happened in Paris
(1952)
Patricia Moran
99 River Street
(1953)
Linda James
Rough Shoot
(1953)
Cecily Paine
Hell's Half Acre
(1954)
Donna Williams
The Seven Year Itch
(1955)
Helen Sherman
Top Of The World
(1955)
Virgie Rayne
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Paris Tart
A Matter of Diamonds
(1968)
Mrs. Panzack
A Return to Salem's Lot
(1987)
Mrs. Axel
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
(1987)
Herself
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
(1988)
Self
Wicked Stepmother
(1989)
Witch Instructor
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
(1989)
Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
(1990)
Self
Glorious Technicolor
(1998)
Self
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
(2003)
Self
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