Evelyn Keyes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 20, 1916
- Died
- July 4, 2008
- Birthplace
- Port Arthur, Texas, USA
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
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
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist 1987
as Self
A Return to Salem's Lot 1987
as Mrs. Axel
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got 1985
as Self
- A Matter of Diamonds
A Matter of Diamonds 1968
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
Hell's Half Acre 1954
as Donna Williams
99 River Street 1953
as Linda James
Rough Shoot 1953
as Cecily
It Happened in Paris 1952
as Patricia Moran
One Big Affair 1952
as Jean Harper
Iron Man 1951
as Rose Warren Mason
The Prowler 1951
as Susan Gilvray
Smuggler's Island 1951
as Vivian Craig
The Killer That Stalked New York 1950
as Sheila Bennet
Mrs. Mike 1949
as Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
Mr. Soft Touch 1949
as Jenny Jones
Enchantment 1948
as Grizel Dane
The Mating of Millie 1948
as Millie McGonigle
Johnny O'Clock 1947
as Nancy Hobson
The Jolson Story 1946
as Julie Benson
The Thrill of Brazil 1946
as Vicki Dean
Renegades 1946
as Hannah Brockway
A Thousand and One Nights 1945
as Babs The Genie
Strange Affair 1944
as Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
Nine Girls 1944
as Mary O'Ryan
There's Something About a Soldier 1943
as Carol Harkness
Dangerous Blondes 1943
as Jane Craig
The Desperadoes 1943
as Allison McLeod
Flight Lieutenant 1942
as Susie Thompson
The Adventures of Martin Eden 1942
as Ruth Morley
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 1941
Actor
Ladies in Retirement 1941
as Lucy
Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941
as Bette Logan
The Face Behind the Mask 1941
as Helen Williams
Beyond the Sacramento 1940
as Lynn Perry
Before I Hang 1940
as Martha Garth
The Lady in Question 1940
as Francois Morestan
Slightly Honorable 1939
as Miss Vlissingen
Gone with the Wind 1939
as Suellen O'Hara
Union Pacific 1939
as Mrs. Calvin
Sudden Money 1939
as Mary Patterson
Paris Honeymoon 1939
as Village Girl (uncredited)
Artists and Models Abroad 1938
as Girl (uncredited)
Sons of the Legion 1938
as Linda Lee
Men with Wings 1938
as Nurse
Dangerous to Know 1938
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Buccaneer 1938
as Madeleine
Credits from TMDB.