Evelyn Keyes
Born November 20, 1916 (Age: 109)
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Port Arthur, Texas, USA
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 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.
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Filmography
Glorious Technicolor
1998
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as Self
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Age: 82
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990
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as Self
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Age: 73
Wicked Stepmother
1989
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as Witch Instructor
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Age: 72
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
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as Self
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Age: 71
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
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as Self
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Age: 71
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
1987
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as Self
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Age: 70
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987
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as Mrs. Axel
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Age: 70
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985
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as Self
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Age: 68
No Image
A Matter of Diamonds
1968
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as Mrs. Panzack
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Age: 51
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
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as Paris Tart
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Age: 39
The Seven Year Itch
1955
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as Helen Sherman
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Age: 38
Top of the World
1955
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as Virgie Rayne
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Age: 38
Hell's Half Acre
1954
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as Donna Williams
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Age: 37
99 River Street
1953
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as Linda James
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Age: 36
Rough Shoot
1953
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as Cecily
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Age: 36
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
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as Sheila Bennet
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Age: 33
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
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as Babs The Genie
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Age: 28
Flight Lieutenant
1942
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as Susie Thompson
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Age: 25
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
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as Ruth Morley
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Age: 25
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
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as
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Age: 25
Ladies in Retirement
1941
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as Lucy
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Age: 24
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
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as Bette Logan
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Age: 24
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
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as Helen Williams
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Age: 24