Biografía
EVELYN LOUISE KEYES, más conocida como EVELYN KEYES (20 de noviembre de 1916 – 4 de julio de 2008) fue una actriz de cine estadounidense. Es mejor conocida por su papel de Suellen O’Hara en la película de 1939 Lo que el viento se llevó.
Biografía y carrera
Evelyn Keyes nació en Port Arthur, Texas, de Omar Dow Keyes y Maude Ollive Keyes, la hija de un ministro metodista. Después de que Omar Keyes murió cuando ella tenía tres años, Keyes se mudó con su madre a Atlanta, Georgia, donde vivían con sus abuelos. Cuando era adolescente, Keyes tomó lecciones de baile y actuó en clubes locales como Daughters of the Confederacy.
Después de un puñado de películas de serie B en Paramount Pictures, consiguió un papel menor en Lo que el viento se llevó (1939), el de la hermana de Scarlett O’Hara, Suellen. (Más tarde fue entrevistada para el documental de 1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind).
Columbia Pictures la firmó con un contrato. En 1941, interpretó a una ingenua en Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Pasó la mayor parte de la década de 1940 interpretando papeles principales en muchos de los dramas y misterios B de Columbia. Apareció como la protagonista femenina junto a Larry Parks en el éxito de taquilla de Columbia The Jolson Story (1946). Siguió esto con una divertida comedia loca menor, The Mating of Millie , con Glenn Ford. En 1949 interpretó el papel de Kathy Flannigan en Mrs. Mike.
El último papel de Keyes en una película importante fue un pequeño papel como la esposa de vacaciones de Tom Ewell en The Seven Year Itch.(1955), protagonizada por Marilyn Monroe. Keyes se retiró oficialmente en 1956, pero continuó actuando.
Keyes murió el 4 de julio de 2008 de cáncer de útero en Pepper Estates en Montecito, California.
Biography
Wikipedia in English
EVELYN LOUISE KEYES, better known as EVELYN KEYES (November 20, 1916 – July 4, 2008) was an American film actress. She is best known for her role as Suellen O’Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.
Biography and career
Evelyn Keyes was born in Port Arthur, Texas, to Omar Dow Keyes and Maude Ollive Keyes, the daughter of a Methodist minister. After Omar Keyes died when she was three years old, Keyes moved with her mother to Atlanta, Georgia, where they lived with her grandparents. As a teenager, Keyes took dance lessons and performed at local clubs like Daughters of the Confederacy.
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. (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 a naive in Here Comes Mr. Jordan. He spent most of the 1940s playing lead roles in many of Columbia’s B-dramas and mysteries. She appeared as the female lead alongside Larry Parks in the Columbia blockbuster The Jolson Story (1946). He followed this up with a fun minor wacky comedy, The Mating of Millie, with Glenn Ford. In 1949 she played the role of Kathy Flannigan in Mrs. Mike.
Keyes’s last major movie role was a small role as Tom Ewell’s vacation wife in The Seven Year Itch. (1955), starring Marilyn Monroe. Keyes officially retired in 1956, but continued acting.
Keyes died on July 4, 2008 of uterine cancer at Pepper Estates in Montecito, California.
Filmography
Cinema
1938 The Buccaneer
1938 Sons of the Legion
1939 Sudden money
1939 Union Pacific
1939 Gone with the Wind
1939 Slightly honorable
1940 The Lady in Question
1940 Before hanging
1940 Beyond the Sacrament
1941 The face behind the mask
1941 Here comes the lord
1941 Ladies in Retirement
1942 The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942 Aviation Lieutenant
1943 The Desperate
1943 Dangerous Blondes
1943 Something Happens to a Soldier
1944 Nine girls
1944 Strange Affair
1945 One Thousand and One Nights
1946 Forsaken
1946 The emotion of Brazil
1946 The Jolson Story
1947 Johnny O’Clock
1948 Millie’s mating
1948 Enchantment
1949 Mr. Soft Touch
1949 Mrs. Mike Kathy O’Fallon
1950 The Killer Who Stalked New York
1951 Smuggler’s Island
1951 The Marauder
1951 Man of Steel
1952 A Big Affair
1952 It happened in Paris
1953 Rough Shot
1953 99 River Street
1954 Half an acre from Hell
1955 Top of the world
1955 The Seven Year Itch
1956 Around the world in 80 days
1987 Return to Salem’s Lot 1938
1938 Sons of the Legion
1939 Sudden money
1939 Union Pacific
1939 Gone with the Wind
1939 Slightly honorable
1940 The Lady in Question
1940 Before hanging
1940 Beyond the Sacrament
1941 The face behind the mask
1941 Here comes Mr. Jordan
1941 Ladies in Retirement
1942 The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942 Aviation Lieutenant
1943 The Desperate
1943 Dangerous Blondes
1943 Something Happens to a Soldier
1944 Nine girls
1944 Strange Affair
1945 One Thousand and One Nights
1946 Forsaken
1946 The emotion of Brazil
1946 The Jolson Story
1947 Johnny O’Clock
1948 Millie’s mating
1948 Enchantment
1949 Mr. Soft Touch
1949 Mrs. Mike Kathy O’Fallon
1950 The Killer Who Stalked New York
1951 Smuggler’s Island
1951 The Marauder
1951 Man of Steel
1952 A Big Affair
1952 It happened in Paris
1953 Rough Shot
1953 99 River Street
1954 Half an acre from Hell
1955 Top of the world
1955 The Seven Year Itch
1956 Around the world in 80 days
1987 Return to Salem’s Lot.
TV
1951 Video theater
1955 Climax!
1968 Theater
1968 The ugliest girl in town
1971 A bird’s eye view
1983 The Love Boat
1985, 1987, 1993 Murder, she wrote.
⭐ Nació: 20/11/1916 ⚰ Murió: 04/07/2008

EVELYN LOUISE KEYES, más conocida como EVELYN KEYES (20 de noviembre de 1916 – 4 de julio de 2008) fue una actriz de cine estadounidense. Es mejor conocida por su papel de Suellen O’Hara en la película de 1939 Lo que el viento se llevó.
Biografía y carrera
Evelyn Keyes nació en Port Arthur, Texas, de Omar Dow Keyes y Maude Ollive Keyes, la hija de un ministro metodista. Después de que Omar Keyes murió cuando ella tenía tres años, Keyes se mudó con su madre a Atlanta, Georgia, donde vivían con sus abuelos. Cuando era adolescente, Keyes tomó lecciones de baile y actuó en clubes locales como Daughters of the Confederacy.
Después de un puñado de películas de serie B en Paramount Pictures, consiguió un papel menor en Lo que el viento se llevó (1939), el de la hermana de Scarlett O’Hara, Suellen. (Más tarde fue entrevistada para el documental de 1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind).
Columbia Pictures la firmó con un contrato. En 1941, interpretó a una ingenua en Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Pasó la mayor parte de la década de 1940 interpretando papeles principales en muchos de los dramas y misterios B de Columbia. Apareció como la protagonista femenina junto a Larry Parks en el éxito de taquilla de Columbia The Jolson Story (1946). Siguió esto con una divertida comedia loca menor, The Mating of Millie , con Glenn Ford. En 1949 interpretó el papel de Kathy Flannigan en Mrs. Mike.
El último papel de Keyes en una película importante fue un pequeño papel como la esposa de vacaciones de Tom Ewell en The Seven Year Itch.(1955), protagonizada por Marilyn Monroe. Keyes se retiró oficialmente en 1956, pero continuó actuando.
Keyes murió el 4 de julio de 2008 de cáncer de útero en Pepper Estates en Montecito, California.
Wikipedia in English
EVELYN LOUISE KEYES, better known as EVELYN KEYES (November 20, 1916 – July 4, 2008) was an American film actress. She is best known for her role as Suellen O’Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.
Biography and career
Evelyn Keyes was born in Port Arthur, Texas, to Omar Dow Keyes and Maude Ollive Keyes, the daughter of a Methodist minister. After Omar Keyes died when she was three years old, Keyes moved with her mother to Atlanta, Georgia, where they lived with her grandparents. As a teenager, Keyes took dance lessons and performed at local clubs like Daughters of the Confederacy.
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. (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 a naive in Here Comes Mr. Jordan. He spent most of the 1940s playing lead roles in many of Columbia’s B-dramas and mysteries. She appeared as the female lead alongside Larry Parks in the Columbia blockbuster The Jolson Story (1946). He followed this up with a fun minor wacky comedy, The Mating of Millie, with Glenn Ford. In 1949 she played the role of Kathy Flannigan in Mrs. Mike.
Keyes’s last major movie role was a small role as Tom Ewell’s vacation wife in The Seven Year Itch. (1955), starring Marilyn Monroe. Keyes officially retired in 1956, but continued acting.
Keyes died on July 4, 2008 of uterine cancer at Pepper Estates in Montecito, California.
Filmography
Cinema
1938 The Buccaneer
1938 Sons of the Legion
1939 Sudden money
1939 Union Pacific
1939 Gone with the Wind
1939 Slightly honorable
1940 The Lady in Question
1940 Before hanging
1940 Beyond the Sacrament
1941 The face behind the mask
1941 Here comes the lord
1941 Ladies in Retirement
1942 The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942 Aviation Lieutenant
1943 The Desperate
1943 Dangerous Blondes
1943 Something Happens to a Soldier
1944 Nine girls
1944 Strange Affair
1945 One Thousand and One Nights
1946 Forsaken
1946 The emotion of Brazil
1946 The Jolson Story
1947 Johnny O’Clock
1948 Millie’s mating
1948 Enchantment
1949 Mr. Soft Touch
1949 Mrs. Mike Kathy O’Fallon
1950 The Killer Who Stalked New York
1951 Smuggler’s Island
1951 The Marauder
1951 Man of Steel
1952 A Big Affair
1952 It happened in Paris
1953 Rough Shot
1953 99 River Street
1954 Half an acre from Hell
1955 Top of the world
1955 The Seven Year Itch
1956 Around the world in 80 days
1987 Return to Salem’s Lot 1938
1938 Sons of the Legion
1939 Sudden money
1939 Union Pacific
1939 Gone with the Wind
1939 Slightly honorable
1940 The Lady in Question
1940 Before hanging
1940 Beyond the Sacrament
1941 The face behind the mask
1941 Here comes Mr. Jordan
1941 Ladies in Retirement
1942 The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942 Aviation Lieutenant
1943 The Desperate
1943 Dangerous Blondes
1943 Something Happens to a Soldier
1944 Nine girls
1944 Strange Affair
1945 One Thousand and One Nights
1946 Forsaken
1946 The emotion of Brazil
1946 The Jolson Story
1947 Johnny O’Clock
1948 Millie’s mating
1948 Enchantment
1949 Mr. Soft Touch
1949 Mrs. Mike Kathy O’Fallon
1950 The Killer Who Stalked New York
1951 Smuggler’s Island
1951 The Marauder
1951 Man of Steel
1952 A Big Affair
1952 It happened in Paris
1953 Rough Shot
1953 99 River Street
1954 Half an acre from Hell
1955 Top of the world
1955 The Seven Year Itch
1956 Around the world in 80 days
1987 Return to Salem’s Lot.
TV
1951 Video theater
1955 Climax!
1968 Theater
1968 The ugliest girl in town
1971 A bird’s eye view
1983 The Love Boat
1985, 1987, 1993 Murder, she wrote.