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