Evelyn Keyes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 20, 1916
- Died
- Jul 4, 2008 (aged 91)
- Place of birth
- Port Arthur, Texas, USA
- Credits
- 63
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.
Known for
Gone with the Wind
1939Movie
Suellen O'Hara
The Seven Year Itch
1955Movie
Helen Sherman
Around the World in 80 Days
1956Movie
Paris Tart
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Edna, Wanda Polaski, Sister Emily
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987Movie
Mrs. Axel
Amazing Stories
1985TV
Evelyn Chumsky
Filmography
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
2003Movie
Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003Movie
Self
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
2000Movie
Self
Glorious Technicolor
1998Movie
Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990Movie
Self
Wicked Stepmother
1989Movie
Witch Instructor
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988Movie
Self
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988Movie
Self
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
1987Movie
Self
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987Movie
Mrs. Axel
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985Movie
Self
Amazing Stories
1985TV
Evelyn Chumsky
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Edna, Wanda Polaski, Sister Emily
A Matter of Diamonds
1968Movie
Mrs. Panzack
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
Mrs. Panzack
Around the World in 80 Days
1956Movie
Paris Tart
The Seven Year Itch
1955Movie
Helen Sherman
Top of the World
1955Movie
Virgie Rayne
Climax!
1954TV
Drusilla Cayley
Hell's Half Acre
1954Movie
Donna Williams
99 River Street
1953Movie
Linda James
Rough Shoot
1953Movie
Cecily
It Happened in Paris
1952Movie
Patricia Moran
One Big Affair
1952Movie
Jean Harper
Iron Man
1951Movie
Rose Warren Mason
The Prowler
1951Movie
Susan Gilvray
Smuggler's Island
1951Movie
Vivian Craig
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950Movie
Sheila Bennet
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Jane
Mrs. Mike
1949Movie
Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
Mr. Soft Touch
1949Movie
Jenny Jones
Enchantment
1948Movie
Grizel Dane
The Mating of Millie
1948Movie
Millie McGonigle
Johnny O'Clock
1947Movie
Nancy Hobson
The Jolson Story
1946Movie
Julie Benson
The Thrill of Brazil
1946Movie
Vicki Dean
Renegades
1946Movie
Hannah Brockway
A Thousand and One Nights
1945Movie
Babs The Genie
Strange Affair
1944Movie
Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
Nine Girls
1944Movie
Mary O'Ryan
There's Something About a Soldier
1943Movie
Carol Harkness
Dangerous Blondes
1943Movie
Jane Craig
The Desperadoes
1943Movie
Allison McLeod
Flight Lieutenant
1942Movie
Susie Thompson
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942Movie
Ruth Morley
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941Movie
Ladies in Retirement
1941Movie
Lucy
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941Movie
Bette Logan
The Face Behind the Mask
1941Movie
Helen Williams
Beyond the Sacramento
1940Movie
Lynn Perry
Before I Hang
1940Movie
Martha Garth
The Lady in Question
1940Movie
Francois Morestan
Slightly Honorable
1939Movie
Miss Vlissingen
Gone with the Wind
1939Movie
Suellen O'Hara
Union Pacific
1939Movie
Mrs. Calvin
Sudden Money
1939Movie
Mary Patterson
Paris Honeymoon
1939Movie
Village Girl (uncredited)
Artists and Models Abroad
1938Movie
Girl (uncredited)
Sons of the Legion
1938Movie
Linda Lee
Men with Wings
1938Movie
Nurse
Dangerous to Know
1938Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
1938Movie
Madeleine