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person_profile-Kathleen Key

Kathleen Key Died at age: 51

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Kathleen Key

Date of Birth:

Apr 01, 1903

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Dec 22, 1954

Biography of

Kathleen Key

    From Wikipedia:

    Kathleen Key (April 1, 1903 – December 22, 1954) was an American actress who achieved a brief period of fame during the silent era. She is best remembered for playing Tirzah in the 1925 film Ben-Hur. Key was the great-great granddaughter of Francis Scott Key, composer of "The Star Spangled Banner", and a distant cousin of author F. Scott Fitzgerald.

    Born Kitty Lanahan in Buffalo, New York, she debuted in films in 1920 in the film The Jackeroo of Coolabong, playing a lead role. From that point on to the end of the 1920s, Kathleen Key, sometimes credited as Kathleen Keys, starred in several films, but never really reached stardom, and was never given much credit for the roles she had, although there were some exceptions.

    In the early '20s, Key had a well-known love affair with silent-film actor Buster Keaton, who was married at the time. As told in Keaton's biography, the actor attempted to call off the relationship, but Key flew into a jealous rage and ransacked his MGM dressing room, which caused her to be virtually blacklisted afterward by the movie industry. It is also stated that Keaton refused to give Key a monetary loan. A telegram, sent by one of Keaton's friends who had heard about the argument, comically read: "Congratulations. Hear you are off Key."

    After her retirement in 1936, Keys spent the rest of her days in moderate comfort at the Motion Picture Country House in Woodland Hills, California, where she died at the age of 51 in 1954. Her interment was located at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

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Kathleen Key

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Filmography of

Kathleen Key

Found 23 Movies in total

... 1936

Thunder in the Night

Party Guest ( Actor )

... 1935

Irish Hearts

Clarice ( Actor )

... 1927

Hey! Hey! Cowboy

Emily Decker ( Actor )

... 1927

The Desert's Toll

Muriel Cooper ( Actor )

... 1926

The Flaming Frontier

Lucretia ( Actor )

... 1926

Money Talks

Vamp ( Actor )

... 1926

Under Western Skies

Milly Lewis ( Actor )

... 1926

... 1925

The Big Parade

Miss Apperson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1925

A Lover's Oath

Sherin ( Actor )

... 1925

Revelation

Madonna ( Actor )

... 1924

The Sea Hawk

Andalusian Slave Girl ( Actor )

... 1924

The Trouble Shooter

Nancy Brewster ( Actor )

... 1924

The Man from Brodney's

Neenah ( Actor )

... 1923

Reno

Yvette - The Governess ( Actor )

... 1923

North of Hudson Bay

Estelle MacDonald ( Actor )

... 1923

The Rendezvous

Varvara ( Actor )

... 1923

Hell's Hole

Mabel Grant ( Actor )

... 1923

Bells of San Juan

Florrie Engel ( Actor )

... 1922

West of Chicago

Señoria Gonzales ( Actor )

... 1922

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Georgette (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1921

The Rookie's Return

Gloria ( Actor )

... 1920