Evelyn Keyes
Known for Acting · 61 credits
- Born
- 1916-11-20
- Died
- 2008-07-04
- Place of birth
- Port Arthur, Texas, USA
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (56)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Suellen O'Hara
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Paris Tart
The Seven Year Itch
1955
as Helen Sherman
The Desperadoes
1943
as Allison McLeod
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987
as Mrs. Axel
The Prowler
1951
as Susan Gilvray
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
as Self
Wicked Stepmother
1989
as Witch Instructor
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Jenny Jones
Union Pacific
1939
as Mrs. Calvin
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
as Bette Logan
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
as Sheila Bennet
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Babs The Genie
Enchantment
1948
as Grizel Dane
Dangerous Blondes
1943
as Jane Craig
The Buccaneer
1938
as Madeleine
99 River Street
1953
as Linda James
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
The Jolson Story
1946
as Julie Benson
Iron Man
1951
as Rose Warren Mason
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
as Carol Harkness
Nine Girls
1944
as Mary O'Ryan
Strange Affair
1944
as Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
Johnny O'Clock
1947
as Nancy Hobson
Flight Lieutenant
1942
as Susie Thompson
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
as Self
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Helen Williams
Hell's Half Acre
1954
as Donna Williams
Mrs. Mike
1949
as Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
as Ruth Morley
The Lady in Question
1940
as Francois Morestan
Before I Hang
1940
as Martha Garth
Men with Wings
1938
as Nurse
Slightly Honorable
1939
as Miss Vlissingen
The Mating of Millie
1948
as Millie McGonigle
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
as Girl (uncredited)
Ladies in Retirement
1941
as Lucy
Dangerous to Know
1938
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Rough Shoot
1953
as Cecily
Top of the World
1955
as Virgie Rayne
Renegades
1946
as Hannah Brockway
Beyond the Sacramento
1940
as Lynn Perry
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
2003
as Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
Sudden Money
1939
as Mary Patterson
Sons of the Legion
1938
as Linda Lee
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990
as Self
Paris Honeymoon
1939
as Village Girl (uncredited)
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
1987
as Self
One Big Affair
1952
as Jean Harper
Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Self
Smuggler's Island
1951
as Vivian Craig
The Thrill of Brazil
1946
as Vicki Dean
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985
as Self
A Matter of Diamonds
1968
as Mrs. Panzack
It Happened in Paris
1952
as Patricia Moran
About Evelyn Keyes
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 pl… With 61 credits spanning from 1938 to 2003, Evelyn Keyes has appeared in 56 films and 5 TV shows.
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- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as Suellen O'Hara
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as Paris Tart
- The Seven Year Itch (1955) — as Helen Sherman
- The Desperadoes (1943) — as Allison McLeod
- A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) — as Mrs. Axel
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