Evelyn Keyes
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.
Known For
Suellen O'Hara
Gone with the Wind
Helen Sherman
The Seven Year Itch
Susan Gilvray
The Prowler
Julie Benson
The Jolson Story
Sheila Bennet
The Killer That Stalked New York
Grizel Dane
Enchantment
Martha Garth
Before I Hang
Helen Williams
The Face Behind the Mask
Donna Williams
Hell's Half Acre
Lucy
Ladies in Retirement
Linda James
99 River Street
Bette Logan
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
Nancy Hobson
Johnny O'Clock
Jenny Jones
Mr. Soft Touch
Rose Warren Mason
Iron Man
Jane Craig
Dangerous Blondes
Babs The Genie
A Thousand and One Nights
Francois Morestan
The Lady in Question
Susie Thompson
Flight Lieutenant
Cecily
Rough Shoot
Jean Harper
One Big Affair
Miss Vlissingen
Slightly Honorable
Self
Glorious Technicolor
Self
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Virgie Rayne
Top of the World
Millie McGonigle
The Mating of Millie
Hannah Brockway
Renegades
Linda Lee
Sons of the Legion
Nurse
Men with Wings
Girl (uncredited)
Artists and Models Abroad
Mary Patterson
Sudden Money
Village Girl (uncredited)
Paris Honeymoon
Carol Harkness
There's Something About a Soldier
Vicki Dean
The Thrill of Brazil
Mrs. Calvin
Union Pacific
Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
Strange Affair
Witch Instructor
Wicked Stepmother
Ruth Morley
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Vivian Craig
Smuggler's Island
Allison McLeod
The Desperadoes
Patricia Moran
C'est arrivé à Paris
Mrs. Panzack
A Matter of Diamonds
Self
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Paris Tart
Around the World in 80 Days
Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
Mrs. Mike
Lynn Perry
Beyond the Sacramento
Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Mrs. Axel
A Return to Salem's Lot
Self
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Mary O'Ryan
Nine Girls
Self
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Madeleine
The Buccaneer
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Party Guest (uncredited)
Dangerous to Know
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
55
Gender
Female
Birthday
1916-11-20
Place of Birth
Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Evelyn Louise Keyes