Evelyn KeyesNationality:
American Birthdate:
11/20/1919 Birthplace:
Port Arthur, Texas Death Date:
07/04/2008 Celeb News
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biography
An attractive former chorine, Evelyn Keyes entered films in the late 1930s under contract to Cecil B DeMille. She debuted in the director's swashbuckling "The Buccaneer" (1938) and followed with DeMille's "Union Pacific" (1939). For many film buffs, she is best remembered as Scarlett's younger sister Suellen O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind" (also 1939). Keyes went on to distinguish such efforts as the farcical "The Lady in Question" (1940, directed by her second husband Charles Vidor) and was especially fine as the young woman who becomes involved with the re-incarnated Robert Montgomery in the
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milestones
Year
Milestone
Began career as a nightclub chorus dancer
1938
Feature film debut, "The Bucaneer"
1939
Cast as Suellen O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind"
1941
Co-starred in "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
1946
Had female lead in "The Jolson Story", opposite Larry Parks; played Julie Benson, a character based on Ruby Keeler
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