Evelyn Louise 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.
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| 1 | Resided in Santa Barbara, California. [December 2007] |
| 2 | Was a lifelong liberal Democrat. |
| 3 | In 1951 RKO Pictures wanted to produce a film noir entitled "The Sins of Sarah Ferry". The story was about a courthouse clerk in Binghamton, New York, who finds herself falling in love with a beautiful liar who is accused of armed robbery as well as a hit-and-run charge involving a death. It would have starred Laraine Day, Fred MacMurray, Yvonne De Carlo, Hugh Beaumont, Glenn Ford, Howard Duff and Evelyn, with shooting sch3eduled for location in Binghamton and neighboring Johnson City. This project never materialized because the plot was considered to close that of Double Indemnity (1944), and the studio never received a reply via phone call or mail from the Binghamton Courthouse or then Mayor Donald Kramer granting them permission to film on location in the area and negotiate a fair payment. Based on those circumstances, the studio immediately canceled this project and moved on. |
| 4 | Was Max Factor's Star of the Year, 1943. |
| 5 | In 2005, she sued Artie Shaw's estate, claiming that she was entitled to one-half of Shaw's estate pursuant to a contract to make a will between them. Shaw died in 2004. In July 2006, a Ventura, California jury unanimously held that Keyes was entitled to almost one-half of Shaw's estate, or $1,420,000. |
| 6 | Had an abortion just before Gone with the Wind (1939) was to begin filming. |
| 7 | Her first husband (1938-1940) was businessman Barton Bainbridge. Evelyn left him after a short period of time for the Budapest-born director Charles Vidor, and Bainbridge committed suicide (by gunshot) during the final separation period. |
| 8 | Among the many Hollywood affairs she recounts in her 1977 memoir "Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister" were those with producer Michael Todd (who left Evelyn for Elizabeth Taylor), Anthony Quinn, David Niven and Kirk Douglas. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | She became involved with flamboyant producer Michael Todd for three years during his preparation and filming of Around the World in Eighty Days (1956). She even played a cameo role in the movie and helped on publicity. During the filming, he broke things off after falling in love with Elizabeth Taylor, whom he later married. The positive thing that came out of it for her was that she had invested most of her money in the picture and was financially set for life as a result. |
| 11 | Her marriage in 1946 to John Huston was eccentric, to say the least. Just one of the examples she recalled involved Huston returning home from the film We Were Strangers (1949) with a gift from Jennifer Jones--a pet chimpanzee. |
| 12 | Was best-known for playing Scarlett O'Hara's younger sister in Gone with the Wind (1939). |
| 13 | Her death wasn't announced until 11 July 2008 because attorneys were waiting for the death certificate to be filed. |
| 14 | She has one son, Pablo, from her marriage to John Huston. In Huston's autobiography, he writes of how he found the boy while making a movie in Mexico. After finding out the boy was homeless and an orphan, he adopted him and brought him back to the US, unbeknownst to his wife. He met Evelyn at the airport and shocked her by introducing her to their new son. Evelyn, who "was not going to spend her life raising other lives", was not pleased. Most of her marriages ended because of her lack of desire to start a family, although that would have meant adopting, since she could not have children of her own. However, according to her 's autobiography, her father-in-law Walter Huston had already spilled the beans before the boy arrived. Pablo eventually married an Irish girl, had three children, then deserted his family and became a used-car dealer. |
| 15 | Ex-daughter-in-law of Walter Huston. |
| 16 | Companion of Michael Todd (1953-1956). |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| There's Something About a Soldier | 1943/I | | Carol Harkness |
| Dangerous Blondes | 1943 | | Jane Craig |
| The Desperadoes | 1943 | | Allison McLeod |
| Flight Lieutenant | 1942 | | Susie Thompson |
| The Adventures of Martin Eden | 1942 | | Ruth Morley |
| Ladies in Retirement | 1941 | | Lucy |
| Here Comes Mr. Jordan | 1941 | | Bette Logan |
| The Face Behind the Mask | 1941 | | Helen Williams |
| Beyond the Sacramento | 1940 | | Lynn Perry |
| Before I Hang | 1940 | | Martha Garth |
| The Lady in Question | 1940 | | Francois Morestan |
| Slightly Honorable | 1939 | | Miss Vlissigen |
| Gone with the Wind | 1939 | | Suellen - Their Daughter |
| Union Pacific | 1939 | | Mrs. Calvin |
| Sudden Money | 1939 | | Mary Patterson |
| Paris Honeymoon | 1939 | | Village Girl (uncredited) |
| Artists and Models Abroad | 1938 | | Girl (uncredited) |
| Sons of the Legion | 1938 | | Linda Lee |
| Men with Wings | 1938 | | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Dangerous to Know | 1938 | | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
| The Buccaneer | 1938 | | Madeleine |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1985-1993 | TV Series | Wanda Polaski / Sister Emily / Edna |
| Wicked Stepmother | 1989 | | Witch Instructor |
| A Return to Salem's Lot | 1987 | | Mrs. Axel |
| Amazing Stories | 1986 | TV Series | Ghost / Wife |
| The Love Boat | 1983 | TV Series | Mrs. Parker |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1977 | TV Series | |
| From a Bird's Eye View | 1971 | TV Series | Mrs. Beal |
| The Ugliest Girl in Town | 1968 | TV Series | Mrs. Blair |
| ITV Playhouse | 1968 | TV Series | Mrs. Panzack |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | 1956 | | Tart - Paris |
| Climax! | 1955 | TV Series | Drusilla Cayley |
| The Seven Year Itch | 1955 | | Helen Sherman |
| Top of the World | 1955 | | Virgie Rayne |
| Hell's Half Acre | 1954 | | Donna Williams |
| 99 River Street | 1953 | | Linda James |
| Shoot First | 1953 | | Cecily |
| It Happened in Paris | 1952 | | Patricia Moran |
| One Big Affair | 1952 | | Jean Harper |
| Iron Man | 1951 | | Rose Warren Mason |
| The Prowler | 1951 | | Susan Gilvray |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Jane |
| Smuggler's Island | 1951 | | Vivian Craig |
| The Killer That Stalked New York | 1950 | | Sheila Bennet |
| Mrs. Mike | 1949 | | Kathy O'Fallon Flannigan |
| Mr. Soft Touch | 1949 | | Jenny Jones |
| Enchantment | 1948 | | Grizel Dane |
| The Mating of Millie | 1948 | | Millie McGonigle |
| Johnny O'Clock | 1947 | | Nancy Hobson |
| The Jolson Story | 1946 | | Julie Benson |
| The Thrill of Brazil | 1946 | | Vicki Dean |
| Renegades | 1946 | | Hannah Brockway |
| A Thousand and One Nights | 1945 | | Babs |
| Strange Affair | 1944 | | Jacqueline 'Jack' Harrison |
| Nine Girls | 1944 | | Mary O'Ryan |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Ultimate Film | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre | 2003 | Video documentary | Herself - Actress |
| Biography | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Actress and John Huston's Ex-Wife |
| Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Lady with the Torch | 1999 | Documentary | Herself (voice) |
| Glorious Technicolor | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The DeMille Dynasty | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Actress |
| Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema | 1996 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Going Hollywood: The War Years | 1988 | Documentary | Herself |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | 1988 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Actress in 'Gone with the Wind' |
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | 1988 | Documentary | Herself |
| Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist | 1987 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Our World | 1987 | TV Series | Herself - Interviewee |
| Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got | 1985 | Documentary | Herself |
| Good Morning America | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1977 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
| All Star Revue | 1950 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
| Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood | 1948 | Short | Herself |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941 | Documentary short | Herself - Premiere Attendee (uncredited) |
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