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Evelyn Keyes (1916–2008)

No shrinking violet this one, but despite her talent, vivacity and sheer drive, lovely and alluring blonde Evelyn Keyes would remain typed as a "B" girl on the silver screen. Furthermore, despite her ripe contributions to such superior pictures as Here Comes Mr. Jordan, The Jolson Story, Mrs. Mike, The Prowler and 99 River Street... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (54 titles)
1985-1993 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Edna / Sister Emily / Wanda Polaski
Dead to Rights (1993) … Wanda Polaski
Old Habits Die Hard (1987) … Sister Emily
Sticks and Stones (1985) … Edna
 
1989 Wicked Stepmother
Witch Instructor
 
1987 A Return to Salem's Lot
Mrs. Axel
 
1986 Amazing Stories (TV series)
Ghost / Wife
Boo! (1986) … Ghost/Wife
 
1983 The Love Boat (TV series)
Mrs. Parker
Bricker's Boy/Lotions of Love/The Hustlers (1983) … Mrs. Parker
 
1971 From a Bird's Eye View (TV series)
Mrs. Beal
The Matchmakers (1971) … Mrs. Beal
 
1968 The Ugliest Girl in Town (TV series)
Mrs. Blair
Visitors from a Strange Planet (1968) … Mrs. Blair
 
1968 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Panzack
A Matter of Diamonds (1968) … Mrs. Panzack
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
Drusilla Cayley
Wild Stallion (1955) … Drusilla Cayley
 
1955 Top of the World
Virgie Rayne (Mrs. Gannon)
 
1954 Hell's Half Acre
Donna Williams
 
1953 99 River Street
Linda James
 
1953 Shoot First
Cecily Paine
 
1952 It Happened in Paris
Patricia Moran
 
1952 One Big Affair
Jean Harper
 
1951 Iron Man
Rose Warren Mason
 
1951 The Prowler
Susan Gilvray
 
1951 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Jane
Wild Geese (1951) … Jane
 
1951 Smuggler's Island
Vivian Craig
 
1950 The Killer That Stalked New York
Sheila Bennet
 
1949 Mrs. Mike
Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan
 
1949 Mr. Soft Touch
Jenny Jones
 
1948 Enchantment
Grizel Dane
 
1948 The Mating of Millie
Millie McGonigle
 
1947 Johnny O'Clock
Nancy Hobson
 
1946 The Jolson Story
Julie Benson
 
1946 The Thrill of Brazil
Vicki Dean
 
1946 Renegades
Hannah Brockway
 
1944 Strange Affair
Jacqueline 'Jack' Harrison
 
1944 Nine Girls
Mary O'Ryan
 
1943/I There's Something About a Soldier
Carol Harkness
 
1943 Dangerous Blondes
Jane Craig
 
1943 The Desperadoes
Allison McLeod
 
1942 Flight Lieutenant
Susie Thompson
 
1941 Ladies in Retirement
Lucy
 
1941 The Face Behind the Mask
Helen Williams
 
1940 Beyond the Sacramento
Lynn Perry
 
1940 The Lady in Question
Francois Morestan
 
1939 Slightly Honorable
Miss Vlissingen
 
1939 Union Pacific
Mrs. Calvin
 
1939 Sudden Money
Mary Patterson
 
1939 Paris Honeymoon
Village Girl (uncredited)
 
1938 Artists and Models Abroad
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1938 Sons of the Legion
Linda Lee
 
1938 Men with Wings
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1938 Dangerous to Know
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1938 The Buccaneer
Madeleine
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1946 The Jolson Story (performer: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited, "Liza All the Clouds'll Roll Away" - uncredited, "She's a Latin from Manhattan" - uncredited, "About a Quarter to Nine" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV documentary) (thanks)
 
2003 Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (16 titles)
2004 The Ultimate Film (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (video documentary)
Herself - Actress
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself - Actress and John Huston's Ex-Wife
Humphrey Bogart (2003) … Herself - Actress and John Huston's Ex-Wife
 
2001 Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV series)
Herself
Harry Cohn (1999) … Herself
 
1998 Glorious Technicolor (TV documentary)
Herself - 'Suellen O'Hara', 'Gone With the Wind'
 
1990 Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (TV documentary)
 
1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary)
Herself
 
1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (TV documentary)
Herself - Actress in 'Gone with the Wind'
 
1988 Going Hollywood: The War Years (documentary)
Herself
 
1987 Our World (TV series)
Herself - Interviewee
Gone with the Wind: 1939 (1987) … Herself - Interviewee
 
1987 Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1985 Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (documentary)
Herself
 
1948 Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood (short)
Herself
 
1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (documentary short)
Herself - Premiere Attendee (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
2009 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
2007 Rudy Wissler's 15 Minutes (short)
Julie Benson
 
2007 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (short)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Performed in the first "bus and truck" tour of stage musical "No, No Nanette." See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 7 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I always took up with the man of the moment...and there were many such moments. See more »

Trivia:

She wrote a novel entitled "I Am a Billboard" which told the story of a Southern girl who becomes an overnight star in Hollywood and the trials and tribulations she endures as a result. The storyline obviously paralleled her own life in many ways. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio