Evelyn Keyes

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.

Filmography (63 Appearances)

Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests

Biography: Humphrey Bogart

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance

Glorious Technicolor

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

Wicked Stepmother

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

A Return to Salem's Lot

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

Amazing Stories

Murder, She Wrote

A Matter of Diamonds

ITV Playhouse

Around the World in 80 Days

The Seven Year Itch

Top of the World

Climax!

Hell's Half Acre

99 River Street

Rough Shoot

It Happened in Paris

One Big Affair

Iron Man

The Prowler

Smuggler's Island

The Killer That Stalked New York

Lux Video Theatre

Mrs. Mike

Mr. Soft Touch

Enchantment

The Mating of Millie

Johnny O'Clock

The Jolson Story

The Thrill of Brazil

Renegades

A Thousand and One Nights

Strange Affair

Nine Girls

There's Something About a Soldier

Dangerous Blondes

The Desperadoes

Flight Lieutenant

The Adventures of Martin Eden

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Ladies in Retirement

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

The Face Behind the Mask

Beyond the Sacramento

Before I Hang

The Lady in Question

Slightly Honorable

Gone with the Wind

Union Pacific

Sudden Money

Paris Honeymoon

Artists and Models Abroad

Sons of the Legion

Men with Wings

Dangerous to Know

The Buccaneer

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