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Evelyn Keyes

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Evelyn Keyes

Born November 20, 1916 in Port Arthur, Texas, USADied July 4, 200847 films

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.

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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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Gone with the Wind posterFirst watchGone with the Wind19397.9as Suellen O'HaraThe spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Seven Year Itch poster7.0The Seven Year Itch1955Around the World in 80 Days poster6.7Around the World in 80 Days1956A Return to Salem's Lot poster5.9A Return to Salem's Lot1987Here Comes Mr. Jordan poster7.0Here Comes Mr. Jordan1941The Prowler poster6.8The Prowler195199 River Street poster6.899 River Street1953Union Pacific poster6.7Union Pacific1939Johnny O'Clock poster6.3Johnny O'Clock1947

Filmography

47 films as actor
  1. 1989Wicked StepmotherWitch Instructor
  2. 1987A Return to Salem's LotMrs. Axel
  3. 1968A Matter of DiamondsMrs. Panzack
  4. 1956Around the World in 80 DaysParis Tart
  5. 1955The Seven Year ItchHelen Sherman
  6. 1955Top of the WorldVirgie Rayne
  7. 1954Hell's Half AcreDonna Williams
  8. 195399 River StreetLinda James
  9. 1953Rough ShootCecily
  10. 1952It Happened in ParisPatricia Moran
  11. 1952One Big AffairJean Harper
  12. 1951Iron ManRose Warren Mason
  13. 1951The ProwlerSusan Gilvray
  14. 1951Smuggler's IslandVivian Craig
  15. 1950The Killer That Stalked New YorkSheila Bennet
  16. 1949Mrs. MikeKathy O'Fallon Flannigan
  17. 1949Mr. Soft TouchJenny Jones
  18. 1948EnchantmentGrizel Dane
  19. 1948The Mating of MillieMillie McGonigle
  20. 1947Johnny O'ClockNancy Hobson
  21. 1946The Jolson StoryJulie Benson
  22. 1946The Thrill of BrazilVicki Dean
  23. 1946RenegadesHannah Brockway
  24. 1945A Thousand and One NightsBabs The Genie
  25. 1944Strange AffairJacqueline "Jack" Harrison
  26. 1944Nine GirlsMary O'Ryan
  27. 1943There's Something About a SoldierCarol Harkness
  28. 1943Dangerous BlondesJane Craig
  29. 1943The DesperadoesAllison McLeod
  30. 1942Flight LieutenantSusie Thompson
  31. 1942The Adventures of Martin EdenRuth Morley
  32. 1941Ladies in RetirementLucy
  33. 1941Here Comes Mr. JordanBette Logan
  34. 1941The Face Behind the MaskHelen Williams
  35. 1940Beyond the SacramentoLynn Perry
  36. 1940Before I HangMartha Garth
  37. 1940The Lady in QuestionFrancois Morestan
  38. 1939Slightly HonorableMiss Vlissingen
  39. 1939Gone with the WindSuellen O'Hara
  40. 1939Union PacificMrs. Calvin
  41. 1939Sudden MoneyMary Patterson
  42. 1939Paris HoneymoonVillage Girl (uncredited)
  43. 1938Artists and Models AbroadGirl (uncredited)
  44. 1938Sons of the LegionLinda Lee
  45. 1938Men with WingsNurse
  46. 1938Dangerous to KnowParty Guest (uncredited)
  47. 1938The BuccaneerMadeleine