Evelyn Keyes
Known for Acting · 62 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 (57)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Suellen O'Hara
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Paris Tart
Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Self
The Seven Year Itch
1955
as Helen Sherman
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987
as Mrs. Axel
The Lady in Question
1940
as Francois Morestan
Nine Girls
1944
as Mary O'Ryan
Union Pacific
1939
as Mrs. Calvin
One Big Affair
1952
as Jean Harper
The Desperadoes
1943
as Allison McLeod
The Buccaneer
1938
as Madeleine
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985
as Self
Before I Hang
1940
as Martha Garth
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Babs The Genie
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
as Bette Logan
Wicked Stepmother
1989
as Witch Instructor
Ladies in Retirement
1941
as Lucy
Top of the World
1955
as Virgie Rayne
The Prowler
1951
as Susan Gilvray
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Jenny Jones
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Helen Williams
Johnny O'Clock
1947
as Nancy Hobson
Beyond the Sacramento
1940
as Lynn Perry
Iron Man
1951
as Rose Warren Mason
Flight Lieutenant
1942
as Susie Thompson
Dangerous Blondes
1943
as Jane Craig
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self
The Mating of Millie
1948
as Millie McGonigle
Slightly Honorable
1939
as Miss Vlissingen
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
as Sheila Bennet
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
as Self
Men with Wings
1938
as Nurse
99 River Street
1953
as Linda James
Enchantment
1948
as Grizel Dane
The Jolson Story
1946
as Julie Benson
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
1987
as Self
Renegades
1946
as Hannah Brockway
Rough Shoot
1953
as Cecily
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
as Ruth Morley
Hell's Half Acre
1954
as Donna Williams
The Thrill of Brazil
1946
as Vicki Dean
Dangerous to Know
1938
as Party Guest (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
as Carol Harkness
It Happened in Paris
1952
as Patricia Moran
Sons of the Legion
1938
as Linda Lee
Paris Honeymoon
1939
as Village Girl (uncredited)
Mrs. Mike
1949
as Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
as Girl (uncredited)
Strange Affair
1944
as Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
2003
as Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
Sudden Money
1939
as Mary Patterson
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
as Self
A Matter of Diamonds
1968
as Mrs. Panzack
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990
as Self
Smuggler's Island
1951
as Vivian Craig
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
2000
as Self
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 62 credits spanning from 1938 to 2003, Evelyn Keyes has appeared in 57 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Evelyn Keyes Movies
- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as Suellen O'Hara
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as Paris Tart
- Glorious Technicolor (1998) — as Self
- The Seven Year Itch (1955) — as Helen Sherman
- A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) — as Mrs. Axel
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