Evelyn Keyes

About

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...

Known for

Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984Climax!Series • 1954ITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967Amazing StoriesSeries • 1985Gone with the WindMovie • 1939Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950Around the World in 80 DaysMovie • 1956The Seven Year ItchMovie • 1955A Return to Salem's LotMovie • 198799 River StreetMovie • 1953Here Comes Mr. JordanMovie • 1941Union PacificMovie • 1939The DesperadoesMovie • 1943The Lady in QuestionMovie • 1940The ProwlerMovie • 1951Wicked StepmotherMovie • 1989The Killer That Stalked New YorkMovie • 1950Before I HangMovie • 1940Johnny O'ClockMovie • 1947Iron ManMovie • 1951The Face Behind the MaskMovie • 1941Ladies in RetirementMovie • 1941Hell's Half AcreMovie • 1954