Evelyn Keyes
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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
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Suellen O'Hara
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Paris Tart
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
as Helen Sherman
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
as Mrs. Axel
The Desperadoes (1943)
as Allison McLeod
Union Pacific (1939)
as Mrs. Calvin
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
as Self
Nine Girls (1944)
as Mary O'Ryan
Wicked Stepmother (1989)
as Witch Instructor
Before I Hang (1940)
as Martha Garth
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
as Bette Logan
99 River Street (1953)
as Linda James
Iron Man (1951)
as Rose Warren Mason
Glorious Technicolor (1998)
as Self
The Buccaneer (1938)
as Madeleine
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
as Babs The Genie
The Prowler (1951)
as Susan Gilvray
Johnny O'Clock (1947)
as Nancy Hobson
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
as Jenny Jones
The Mating of Millie (1948)
as Millie McGonigle
Dangerous Blondes (1943)
as Jane Craig
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
as Sheila Bennet
The Lady in Question (1940)
as Francois Morestan
Dangerous to Know (1938)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Top of the World (1955)
as Virgie Rayne
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
as Self
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
as Helen Williams
There's Something About a Soldier (1943)
as Carol Harkness
Flight Lieutenant (1942)
as Susie Thompson
Enchantment (1948)
as Grizel Dane
Renegades (1946)
as Hannah Brockway
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Ladies in Retirement (1941)
as Lucy
The Jolson Story (1946)
as Julie Benson
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance (2000)
as Self
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003)
as Self
Men with Wings (1938)
as Nurse
The Thrill of Brazil (1946)
as Vicki Dean
Slightly Honorable (1939)
as Miss Vlissingen
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)
Actor
Sudden Money (1939)
as Mary Patterson
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985)
as Self
Hell's Half Acre (1954)
as Donna Williams
Biography: Humphrey Bogart (2003)
as Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
Rough Shoot (1953)
as Cecily
Paris Honeymoon (1939)
as Village Girl (uncredited)
Strange Affair (1944)
as Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987)
as Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)
as Self
Mrs. Mike (1949)
as Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
as Ruth Morley
Sons of the Legion (1938)
as Linda Lee
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
as Girl (uncredited)
One Big Affair (1952)
as Jean Harper
Beyond the Sacramento (1940)
as Lynn Perry
It Happened in Paris (1952)
as Patricia Moran
Smuggler's Island (1951)
as Vivian Craig
A Matter of Diamonds (1968)
as Mrs. Panzack