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

• 1989Wicked Stepmother — Witch Instructor
• 1987A Return to Salem's Lot — Mrs. Axel
• Amazing Stories — Evelyn Chumsky
• Murder, She Wrote — Edna, Wanda Polaski, Sister Emily
• 1968A Matter of Diamonds — Mrs. Panzack
• ITV Playhouse — Mrs. Panzack
• 1956Around the World in 80 Days — Paris Tart
• 1955The Seven Year Itch — Helen Sherman
• 1955Top of the World — Virgie Rayne
• Climax! — Drusilla Cayley
• 1954Hell's Half Acre — Donna Williams
• 195399 River Street — Linda James
• 1953Rough Shoot — Cecily
• 1952It Happened in Paris — Patricia Moran
• 1952One Big Affair — Jean Harper
• 1951Iron Man — Rose Warren Mason
• 1951Smuggler's Island — Vivian Craig
• 1951The Prowler — Susan Gilvray
• Lux Video Theatre — Jane
• 1950The Killer That Stalked New York — Sheila Bennet
• 1949Mr. Soft Touch — Jenny Jones
• 1949Mrs. Mike — Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
• 1948Enchantment — Grizel Dane
• 1948The Mating of Millie — Millie McGonigle
• 1947Johnny O'Clock — Nancy Hobson
• 1946Renegades — Hannah Brockway
• 1946The Jolson Story — Julie Benson
• 1946The Thrill of Brazil — Vicki Dean
• 1945A Thousand and One Nights — Babs The Genie
• 1944Nine Girls — Mary O'Ryan
• 1944Strange Affair — Jacqueline "Jack" Harrison
• 1943Dangerous Blondes — Jane Craig
• 1943The Desperadoes — Allison McLeod
• 1943There's Something About a Soldier — Carol Harkness
• 1942Flight Lieutenant — Susie Thompson
• 1942The Adventures of Martin Eden — Ruth Morley
• 1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
• 1941Here Comes Mr. Jordan — Bette Logan
• 1941Ladies in Retirement — Lucy
• 1941The Face Behind the Mask — Helen Williams
• 1940Before I Hang — Martha Garth
• 1940Beyond the Sacramento — Lynn Perry
• 1940The Lady in Question — Francois Morestan
• 1939Gone with the Wind — Suellen O'Hara
• 1939Paris Honeymoon — Village Girl (uncredited)
• 1939Slightly Honorable — Miss Vlissingen
• 1939Sudden Money — Mary Patterson
• 1939Union Pacific — Mrs. Calvin
• 1938Artists and Models Abroad — Girl (uncredited)
• 1938Dangerous to Know — Party Guest (uncredited)
• 1938Men with Wings — Nurse
• 1938Sons of the Legion — Linda Lee
• 1938The Buccaneer — Madeleine

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2020Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Biography: Humphrey Bogart — Self - Actress and John Huston's Wife
• 2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' — Self
• 2000Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance — Self
• 1998Glorious Technicolor — Self
• 1990Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream — Self
• 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick — Self
• 1988The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind — Self
• 1987Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist — Self
• 1985Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got — Self