Evelyn Keyes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 20, 1916
- Died
- July 4, 2008 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
Movie · as Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Movie · as Self
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
Movie · as Self
Glorious Technicolor
Movie · as Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Movie · as Self
Wicked Stepmother
Movie · as Witch Instructor
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie · as Self
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Self
A Return to Salem's Lot
Movie · as Mrs. Axel
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Movie · as Self
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Movie · as Self
Amazing Stories
TV · as Evelyn Chumsky · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Edna, Wanda Polaski, Sister Emily · 1 ep
A Matter of Diamonds
Movie · as Mrs. Panzack
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Mrs. Panzack · 1 ep
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Paris Tart
The Seven Year Itch
Movie · as Helen Sherman
Top of the World
Movie · as Virgie Rayne
Hell's Half Acre
Movie · as Donna Williams
Climax!
TV · as Drusilla Cayley · 1 ep
99 River Street
Movie · as Linda James
Rough Shoot
Movie · as Cecily
One Big Affair
Movie · as Jean Harper
It Happened in Paris
Movie · as Patricia Moran
The Prowler
Movie · as Susan Gilvray
Iron Man
Movie · as Rose Warren Mason
Smuggler's Island
Movie · as Vivian Craig
The Killer That Stalked New York
Movie · as Sheila Bennet
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Jane · 1 ep
Mr. Soft Touch
Movie · as Jenny Jones
Mrs. Mike
Movie · as Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
Enchantment
Movie · as Grizel Dane
The Mating of Millie
Movie · as Millie McGonigle
Johnny O'Clock
Movie · as Nancy Hobson
The Jolson Story
Movie · as Julie Benson
Renegades
Movie · as Hannah Brockway
The Thrill of Brazil
Movie · as Vicki Dean
A Thousand and One Nights
Movie · as Babs The Genie
Strange Affair
Movie · as Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
Nine Girls
Movie · as Mary O'Ryan
Dangerous Blondes
Movie · as Jane Craig
There's Something About a Soldier
Movie · as Carol Harkness
The Desperadoes
Movie · as Allison McLeod
Flight Lieutenant
Movie · as Susie Thompson
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Movie · as Ruth Morley
The Face Behind the Mask
Movie · as Helen Williams
Ladies in Retirement
Movie · as Lucy
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Movie · as Bette Logan
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie
Before I Hang
Movie · as Martha Garth
The Lady in Question
Movie · as Francois Morestan
Beyond the Sacramento
Movie · as Lynn Perry
Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Suellen O'Hara
Slightly Honorable
Movie · as Miss Vlissingen
Sudden Money
Movie · as Mary Patterson
Paris Honeymoon
Movie · as Village Girl (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Movie · as Mrs. Calvin
Sons of the Legion
Movie · as Linda Lee
Men with Wings
Movie · as Nurse
Artists and Models Abroad
Movie · as Girl (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
Movie · as Madeleine
Dangerous to Know
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)