Evelyn Keyes

Acting

Born Nov 20, 1916

From Port Arthur, Texas, USA

Died Jul 04, 2008

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

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Around the World in 80 Days

The Seven Year Itch

The Face Behind the Mask

Union Pacific

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

A Return to Salem's Lot

The Desperadoes

99 River Street

Wicked Stepmother

Filmography — Acting

Gone with the Wind

Around the World in 80 Days

The Seven Year Itch

The Face Behind the Mask

Union Pacific

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

A Return to Salem's Lot

The Desperadoes

99 River Street

Wicked Stepmother

Paris Honeymoon

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Enchantment

Johnny O'Clock

Iron Man

Ladies in Retirement

Slightly Honorable

Hell's Half Acre

Mr. Soft Touch

Before I Hang

The Prowler

The Killer That Stalked New York

A Thousand and One Nights

The Jolson Story

The Lady in Question

Mrs. Mike

Nine Girls

Sudden Money

The Buccaneer

Biography: Humphrey Bogart

Top of the World

Dangerous to Know

Rough Shoot

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

The Mating of Millie

Sons of the Legion

Men with Wings

Dangerous Blondes

Flight Lieutenant

Renegades

Strange Affair

The Adventures of Martin Eden

One Big Affair

There's Something About a Soldier

Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

Glorious Technicolor

Beyond the Sacramento

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

Artists and Models Abroad

Smuggler's Island

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

It Happened in Paris

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

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

The Thrill of Brazil

A Matter of Diamonds