Evelyn Keyes
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Evelyn Louise Keyes |
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| Born | November 20, 1916 Port Arthur, Texas, USA |
| Died | July 4, 2008 (aged 91) Montecito, California, USA |
| Years active | 1938–1993 |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Nationality | American |
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| Boobs | Natural |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Body type | Slim |
| Hair | Blonde |
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Evelyn Keyes (November 20, 1916 – July 4, 2008) was an American actress who is best known for her role as Suellen O'Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.
Film career
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”.[1] After a handful of B movies at Paramount Pictures, she landed a minor role in Gone with the Wind (1939), that of Scarlett O'Hara's sister Suellen.[2] (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 (1946). She followed this up with an enjoyable minor screwball comedy, Mating of Millie, with Glenn Ford. She was then in a 1949 role as Kathy Flannigan in Mrs. Mike.[3] 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.
References
- ↑ Interview with Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, July 28, 1977
- ↑ Thomas, Bob. "Actress Evelyn Keyes dies at 91 in California", Associated Press, 2008-07-12.
- ↑ Hopper, Hedda. "Evelyn Keyes Finally Elevated to Stardom; Leading Lady Bridges Gap Between 'Good' and 'Great' by Her 'Mrs. Mike'", Los Angeles Times, 1949-10-02, p. D1. “Until "Mrs. Mike," Evelyn Keyes had always been considered a fine leading lady rather than a star in the true sense of the word. She seemed to have lacked that final push that bridges the gap between "good" and "great."”
