Kathleen Key
Actor/Actriz
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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.
Como Actor/Actriz
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Tirzah
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Georgette (uncredited)
The Big Parade
Miss Apperson (uncredited)
Klondike Annie
1925 Studio Tour
Self
The Rookie's Return
Gloria
Money Talks
Vamp
The Sea Hawk
Andalusian Slave Girl
Thunder in the Night
Party Guest
The Flaming Frontier
Lucretia
The Rendezvous
Varvara
Irish Hearts
Clarice
West of Chicago
Señoria Gonzales
Hell's Hole
Mabel Grant
North of Hudson Bay
Estelle MacDonald
Bells of San Juan
Florrie Engel
Under Western Skies
Milly Lewis
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Emily Decker
The Man from Brodney's
Neenah
The Desert's Toll
Muriel Cooper
Revelation
Madonna
Reno
Yvette - The Governess
Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
The Trouble Shooter
Nancy Brewster
A Lover's Oath
Sherin
The Jackeroo of Coolabong
Edith MacDonald
Golf Widows
Ethel Dixon