Evelyn Keyes
Acting
1916-11-20 · Port Arthur, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
2020 · Movie
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
2003 · Movie
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003 · Movie
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
2000 · Movie
Glorious Technicolor
1998 · Movie
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990 · Movie
Wicked Stepmother
1989 · Movie
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988 · Movie
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Movie
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
1987 · Movie
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987 · Movie
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985 · Movie
Amazing Stories
1985 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
A Matter of Diamonds
1968 · Movie
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Movie
The Seven Year Itch
1955 · Movie
Top of the World
1955 · Movie
Climax!
1954 · Series
Hell's Half Acre
1954 · Movie
99 River Street
1953 · Movie
Rough Shoot
1953 · Movie
It Happened in Paris
1952 · Movie
One Big Affair
1952 · Movie
Iron Man
1951 · Movie
The Prowler
1951 · Movie
Smuggler's Island
1951 · Movie
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
Mrs. Mike
1949 · Movie
Mr. Soft Touch
1949 · Movie
Enchantment
1948 · Movie
The Mating of Millie
1948 · Movie
Johnny O'Clock
1947 · Movie
The Jolson Story
1946 · Movie
The Thrill of Brazil
1946 · Movie
Renegades
1946 · Movie
A Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Movie
Strange Affair
1944 · Movie
Nine Girls
1944 · Movie
There's Something About a Soldier
1943 · Movie
Dangerous Blondes
1943 · Movie
The Desperadoes
1943 · Movie
Flight Lieutenant
1942 · Movie
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942 · Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941 · Movie
Ladies in Retirement
1941 · Movie
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941 · Movie
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 · Movie
Beyond the Sacramento
1940 · Movie
Before I Hang
1940 · Movie
The Lady in Question
1940 · Movie
Slightly Honorable
1939 · Movie
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Movie
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie
Sudden Money
1939 · Movie
Paris Honeymoon
1939 · Movie
Artists and Models Abroad
1938 · Movie
Sons of the Legion
1938 · Movie
Men with Wings
1938 · Movie
Dangerous to Know
1938 · Movie
The Buccaneer
1938 · Movie