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Evelyn Keyes

1916-11-20

The 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.

Evelyn Keyes in

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Gone with the Wind

7.926 average rating
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The Seven Year Itch

7.1 average rating
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Around the World in Eighty Days

6.637 average rating
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The Desperadoes

5.7 average rating
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A Return to Salem's Lot

5.949 average rating
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Wicked Stepmother

4.5 average rating
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Union Pacific

6.5 average rating
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A Thousand and One Nights

5.75 average rating
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Enchantment

6.4 average rating
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan

7 average rating
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The Mating of Millie

6.8 average rating
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The Buccaneer

6.4 average rating
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The Prowler

6.815 average rating
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The Face Behind the Mask

6.5 average rating
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Strange Affair

6.2 average rating
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99 River Street

6.831 average rating
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Rough Shoot

6.2 average rating
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Smuggler's Island

4.3 average rating
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Mr. Soft Touch

6.8 average rating
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Johnny O'Clock

6.182 average rating