Evelyn Keyes
Known for: Acting
Born: November 20, 1916
Died: July 4, 2008
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
58 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
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Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
2020
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Biography: Humphrey Bogart
2003
7.4
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
9.0
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
2000
6.9
Glorious Technicolor
1998
7.0
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990
4.6
Wicked Stepmother
1989
6.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
8.2
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
6.7
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
1987
5.9
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987
7.7
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984NR
A Matter of Diamonds
1968
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
7.0
The Seven Year Itch
1955
6.5
Top of the World
1955
3.8
Climax!
1954
5.5
Hell's Half Acre
1954
6.8
99 River Street
1953
6.7
Rough Shoot
1953
8.0
It Happened in Paris
1952
7.0
One Big Affair
1952
6.2
Iron Man
1951
6.8
The Prowler
1951
4.4
Smuggler's Island
1951
6.2
The Killer That Stalked New York
19506.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.0
Mrs. Mike
1949
6.8
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
6.7
Enchantment
1948
6.9
The Mating of Millie
1948
6.3
Johnny O'Clock
1947
6.8
The Jolson Story
1946
6.2
The Thrill of Brazil
1946
5.8
Renegades
1946
6.1
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
6.2
Strange Affair
1944
5.8
Nine Girls
1944
5.4
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
6.3
Dangerous Blondes
1943
5.9
The Desperadoes
1943
6.3
Flight Lieutenant
1942
8.0
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
7.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.5
Ladies in Retirement
1941
7.0
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
6.5
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
9.0
Beyond the Sacramento
1940
6.3
Before I Hang
1940
6.7
The Lady in Question
1940
5.1
Slightly Honorable
1939
7.9
Gone with the Wind
1939
6.7
Union Pacific
1939
7.0
Sudden Money
1939
5.5
Paris Honeymoon
1939
4.8
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
7.5
Sons of the Legion
1938
5.4
Men with Wings
1938
6.6
Dangerous to Know
1938
6.4
The Buccaneer
1938