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Evelyn Keyes

Acting Born Nov 20, 1916 Died Jul 4, 2008 Port Arthur, Texas, USA 65 credits

Biography

Evelyn Louise Keyes was an American film actress born on November 20, 1916, in Port Arthur, Texas. She passed away on July 4, 2008, at the age of 91. Beginning as a chorus girl by age 18, she came to Hollywood and signed a personal contract with Cecil B. DeMille at Paramount Pictures, where she appeared in a handful of B-movies before landing the role of Suellen, Scarlett O'Hara's sister, in Gone with the Wind. She was later interviewed for the 1988 documentary The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind. After signing a contract with Columbia Pictures, she played an ingenue in Here Comes Mr. Jordan in 1941 and spent the early 1940s playing leads in many of the studio's B dramas and mysteries.

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Career

Career overview

Evelyn Louise Keyes was an American film actress born on November 20, 1916, in Port Arthur, Texas. A chorus girl by the age of eighteen, she traveled to Hollywood and was introduced to Cecil B. DeMille, who signed her to a personal contract without making a test. Following a handful of B-movies at Paramount Pictures, she secured the role of Scarlett O'Hara's sister, Suellen, in the film Gone with the Wind. She was later interviewed for the 1988 documentary titled The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind.

After her work with Paramount, Columbia Pictures signed Keyes to a contract. In 1941, she played an ingenue in Here Comes Mr. Jordan. She spent the majority of the early 1940s portraying leading roles in a large number of Columbia's B dramas and mysteries. Her career spanned a total of sixty-three known acting credits listed on the platform. Keyes passed away on July 4, 2008, at the age of ninety-one.

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Career timeline

Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Biography: Humphrey BogartDiscovering 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 MaverickThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
A Return to Salem's LotLegacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Amazing StoriesArtie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote
A Matter of Diamonds
ITV Playhouse
Around the World in 80 Days
The Seven Year ItchTop of the World
Climax!Hell's Half Acre
99 River StreetRough Shoot
One Big AffairIt Happened in Paris
The ProwlerIron ManSmuggler's Island
Lux Video TheatreThe Killer That Stalked New York
Mr. Soft TouchMrs. Mike
The Mating of MillieEnchantment
Johnny O'Clock
RenegadesThe Jolson StoryThe Thrill of Brazil
A Thousand and One Nights
Nine GirlsStrange Affair
The DesperadoesThere's Something About a SoldierDangerous Blondes
The Adventures of Martin EdenFlight Lieutenant
Here Comes Mr. JordanThe Face Behind the MaskLadies in RetirementHedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Before I HangThe Lady in QuestionBeyond the Sacramento
Gone with the WindUnion PacificSlightly HonorableParis HoneymoonSudden Money

Full filmography

  • Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests (2020) as Self (archive footage)
  • Biography: Humphrey Bogart (2003) as Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
  • Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003) as Self
  • Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance (2000) as Self
  • Glorious Technicolor (1998) as Self
  • Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990) as Self
  • Wicked Stepmother (1989) as Witch Instructor
  • John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988) as Self
  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) as Self
  • A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) as Mrs. Axel
  • Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987) as Self
  • Amazing Stories (1985) as Evelyn Chumsky
  • Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985) as Self
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Edna
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Wanda Polaski
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Sister Emily
  • A Matter of Diamonds (1968) as Mrs. Panzack
  • ITV Playhouse (1967) as Mrs. Panzack
  • Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as Paris Tart
  • The Seven Year Itch (1955) as Helen Sherman
  • Top of the World (1955) as Virgie Rayne
  • Climax! (1954) as Drusilla Cayley
  • Hell's Half Acre (1954) as Donna Williams
  • 99 River Street (1953) as Linda James
  • Rough Shoot (1953) as Cecily
  • One Big Affair (1952) as Jean Harper
  • It Happened in Paris (1952) as Patricia Moran
  • The Prowler (1951) as Susan Gilvray
  • Iron Man (1951) as Rose Warren Mason
  • Smuggler's Island (1951) as Vivian Craig
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Jane
  • The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) as Sheila Bennet
  • Mr. Soft Touch (1949) as Jenny Jones
  • Mrs. Mike (1949) as Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
  • The Mating of Millie (1948) as Millie McGonigle
  • Enchantment (1948) as Grizel Dane
  • Johnny O'Clock (1947) as Nancy Hobson
  • Renegades (1946) as Hannah Brockway
  • The Jolson Story (1946) as Julie Benson
  • The Thrill of Brazil (1946) as Vicki Dean
  • A Thousand and One Nights (1945) as Babs The Genie
  • Nine Girls (1944) as Mary O'Ryan
  • Strange Affair (1944) as Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
  • The Desperadoes (1943) as Allison McLeod
  • There's Something About a Soldier (1943) as Carol Harkness
  • Dangerous Blondes (1943) as Jane Craig
  • The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) as Ruth Morley
  • Flight Lieutenant (1942) as Susie Thompson
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) as Bette Logan
  • The Face Behind the Mask (1941) as Helen Williams
  • Ladies in Retirement (1941) as Lucy
  • Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)
  • Before I Hang (1940) as Martha Garth
  • The Lady in Question (1940) as Francois Morestan
  • Beyond the Sacramento (1940) as Lynn Perry
  • Gone with the Wind (1939) as Suellen O'Hara
  • Union Pacific (1939) as Mrs. Calvin
  • Slightly Honorable (1939) as Miss Vlissingen
  • Paris Honeymoon (1939) as Village Girl (uncredited)
  • Sudden Money (1939) as Mary Patterson
  • The Buccaneer (1938) as Madeleine
  • Dangerous to Know (1938) as Party Guest (uncredited)
  • Men with Wings (1938) as Nurse
  • Artists and Models Abroad (1938) as Girl (uncredited)
  • Sons of the Legion (1938) as Linda Lee