Cast

Evelyn Keyes

Acting

Cast

Evelyn Keyes

Known for

Acting

Born

1916-11-20

From

Port Arthur, Texas, USA

Died

2008-07-04

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.

Evelyn Keyes

Evelyn Keyes

Biography

Gone with the Wind

Around the World in 80 Days

Glorious Technicolor

The Seven Year Itch

A Return to Salem's Lot

The Lady in Question

Nine Girls

Union Pacific

One Big Affair

The Desperadoes

The Buccaneer

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

Before I Hang

A Thousand and One Nights

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Wicked Stepmother

Ladies in Retirement

Top of the World

The Prowler

Mr. Soft Touch

The Face Behind the Mask

Johnny O'Clock

Beyond the Sacramento

Iron Man

Flight Lieutenant

Dangerous Blondes

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Mating of Millie

Slightly Honorable

The Killer That Stalked New York

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Men with Wings

99 River Street

Enchantment

The Jolson Story

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

Renegades

Rough Shoot

The Adventures of Martin Eden

Hell's Half Acre

The Thrill of Brazil

Dangerous to Know

There's Something About a Soldier

It Happened in Paris

Sons of the Legion

Paris Honeymoon

Mrs. Mike

Artists and Models Abroad

Strange Affair

Biography: Humphrey Bogart

Sudden Money

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

A Matter of Diamonds

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

Smuggler's Island

Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance