Evelyn Keyes

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 11/20/1919
Birthplace: Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Death Date: 07/04/2008

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 Continued

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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