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Kathleen Key
Acting

Kathleen Key
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1903-04-01,Buffalo, New York, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

7.6

The Big Parade
1925-11-05

Sweeping Against the Winds

7

Sweeping Against the Winds
1930-06-20

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

7.296

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25

The Trouble Shooter

9

The Trouble Shooter
1924-05-04

The Flaming Frontier

8

The Flaming Frontier
1926-09-11

The Rookie's Return

8

The Rookie's Return
1920-12-26

Bells of San Juan

10

Bells of San Juan
1922-10-15

9

Hell's Hole
1923-09-23

Under Western Skies

8

Under Western Skies
1926-02-07

9

Revelation
1924-06-23

Hey! Hey! Cowboy

9

Hey! Hey! Cowboy
1927-04-03

10

Irish Hearts
1927-05-21

The Man from Brodney's

10

The Man from Brodney's
1923-12-16

6.8

The Sea Hawk
1924-06-14

The Phantom of the North

8

The Phantom of the North
1929-05-27

9

Reno
1923-12-09

Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?

7

Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
1922-02-05

6.3

Klondike Annie
1936-02-21

North of Hudson Bay

5.875

North of Hudson Bay
1923-11-18

Thunder in the Night

6

Thunder in the Night
1935-09-16

1925 Studio Tour

6.294

1925 Studio Tour
1925-04-09

7

A Lover's Oath
1925-09-29

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

6.6

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921-03-06

0

Money Talks
1926-05-10

The Fighting Breed

8

The Fighting Breed
1921-09-01

The Desert's Toll

7

The Desert's Toll
1926-11-14

West of Chicago

9

West of Chicago
1922-09-03

8

The Rendezvous
1923-11-11

3.667

Golf Widows
1928-05-01

The Jackeroo of Coolabong

9

The Jackeroo of Coolabong
1920-10-16