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.
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Movies (46)
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
as Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Self
2003
Glorious Technicolor
as Self
1998
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
as Self
1990
Wicked Stepmother
as Witch Instructor
1989
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self
1988
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
as Self
1987
A Return to Salem's Lot
as Mrs. Axel
1987
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
as Self
1985
A Matter of Diamonds
as Mrs. Panzack
1968
Around the World in 80 Days
as Paris Tart
1956
The Seven Year Itch
as Helen Sherman
1955
Top of the World
as Virgie Rayne
1955
Hell's Half Acre
as Donna Williams
1954
99 River Street
as Linda James
1953
Rough Shoot
as Cecily
1953
It Happened in Paris
as Patricia Moran
1952
One Big Affair
as Jean Harper
1952
Iron Man
as Rose Warren Mason
1951
The Prowler
as Susan Gilvray
1951
Smuggler's Island
as Vivian Craig
1951
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Sheila Bennet
1950
Mrs. Mike
as Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
1949
Mr. Soft Touch
as Jenny Jones
1949
Enchantment
as Grizel Dane
1948
The Mating of Millie
as Millie McGonigle
1948
Johnny O'Clock
as Nancy Hobson
1947
The Jolson Story
as Julie Benson
1946
The Thrill of Brazil
as Vicki Dean
1946
Renegades
as Hannah Brockway
1946
A Thousand and One Nights
as Babs The Genie
1945
Strange Affair
as Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
1944
Nine Girls
as Mary O'Ryan
1944
There's Something About a Soldier
as Carol Harkness
1943
Dangerous Blondes
as Jane Craig
1943
The Desperadoes
as Allison McLeod
1943
Flight Lieutenant
as Susie Thompson
1942
The Adventures of Martin Eden
as Ruth Morley
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Ladies in Retirement
as Lucy
1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Bette Logan
1941
The Face Behind the Mask
as Helen Williams
1941
Beyond the Sacramento
as Lynn Perry
1940
Before I Hang
as Martha Garth
1940
The Lady in Question
as Francois Morestan
1940
