Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 20, 1916
Died
Jul 04, 2008
Place of Birth
Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Credits
63 titles
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
Filmography
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Self (archive footage)
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Self
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
Self
Glorious Technicolor
Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Self
Wicked Stepmother
Witch Instructor
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Self
A Return to Salem's Lot
Mrs. Axel
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Self
Amazing Stories
Evelyn Chumsky
Murder, She Wrote
Edna
A Matter of Diamonds
Mrs. Panzack
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Panzack
Around the World in 80 Days
Paris Tart
The Seven Year Itch
Helen Sherman
Top of the World
Virgie Rayne
Climax!
Drusilla Cayley
Hell's Half Acre
Donna Williams
99 River Street
Linda James
Rough Shoot
Cecily
It Happened in Paris
Patricia Moran
One Big Affair
Jean Harper
Iron Man
Rose Warren Mason
The Prowler
Susan Gilvray
Smuggler's Island
Vivian Craig
The Killer That Stalked New York
Sheila Bennet
Lux Video Theatre
Jane
Mrs. Mike
Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
Mr. Soft Touch
Jenny Jones
Enchantment
Grizel Dane
The Mating of Millie
Millie McGonigle
Johnny O'Clock
Nancy Hobson
The Jolson Story
Julie Benson
The Thrill of Brazil
Vicki Dean
Renegades
Hannah Brockway
A Thousand and One Nights
Babs The Genie
Strange Affair
Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
Nine Girls
Mary O'Ryan
There's Something About a Soldier
Carol Harkness
Dangerous Blondes
Jane Craig
The Desperadoes
Allison McLeod
Flight Lieutenant
Susie Thompson
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Ruth Morley
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Ladies in Retirement
Lucy
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Bette Logan
The Face Behind the Mask
Helen Williams