Evelyn Keyes
Acting
Evelyn Louise Keyes 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 of
Evelyn Keyes
Herself
... 1998
Witch Instructor
... 1989
... 1989
... 1988
Mrs. Axel
... 1987
... 1987
Paris Tart
... 1956
Helen Sherman
... 1955
Virgie Rayne
... 1955
Donna Williams
... 1954
Linda James
... 1953
Cecily Paine
... 1953
Patricia Moran
... 1952
Jean Harper
... 1952
Rose Warren Mason
... 1951
Susan Gilvray
... 1951
Vivian Craig
... 1951
Sheila Bennet
... 1950
Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
... 1949
Jenny Jones
... 1949
Grizel Dane
... 1948
Millie McGonigle
... 1948
Nancy Hobson
... 1947
Julie Benson
... 1946
Vicki Dean
... 1946
Hannah Brockway
... 1946
The Genie
... 1945
Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
... 1944
Mary O'Ryan
... 1944
Carol Harkness
... 1943
Jane Craig
... 1943
Allison McLeod
... 1943
Susie Thompson
... 1942
Ruth Morley
... 1942
... 1941
Lucy
... 1941
Bette Logan
... 1941
Helen Williams
... 1941
Lynn Perry
... 1940
Martha Garth
... 1940
Francois Morestan
... 1940
Miss Vlissingen
... 1939
Suellen O'Hara
... 1939
Mrs. Calvin
... 1939
Mary Patterson
... 1939
Village Girl (uncredited)
... 1939
Girl (uncredited)
... 1938
Linda Lee
... 1938
Nurse
... 1938
... 1938
Madeleine
... 1938