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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Klondike Annie
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Release Date:21/02/1936
Thunder in the Night
Character:Party Guest
Release Date:16/09/1935
Sweeping Against the Winds
Character:
Release Date:20/06/1930
The Phantom of the North
Character:Colette
Release Date:27/05/1929
Golf Widows
Character:Ethel Dixon
Release Date:01/05/1928
Irish Hearts
Character:Clarice
Release Date:21/05/1927
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Character:Emily Decker
Release Date:03/04/1927
The Desert's Toll
Character:Muriel Cooper
Release Date:14/11/1926
The Flaming Frontier
Character:Lucretia
Release Date:11/09/1926
Money Talks
Character:Vamp
Release Date:10/05/1926
Under Western Skies
Character:Milly Lewis
Release Date:07/02/1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Character:Tirzah
Release Date:25/12/1925
The Big Parade
Character:Miss Apperson (uncredited)
Release Date:05/11/1925
A Lover's Oath
Character:Sherin
Release Date:29/09/1925
1925 Studio Tour
Character:Self
Release Date:09/04/1925
Revelation
Character:Madonna
Release Date:23/06/1924
The Sea Hawk
Character:Andalusian Slave Girl
Release Date:14/06/1924
The Trouble Shooter
Character:Nancy Brewster
Release Date:04/05/1924
The Man from Brodney's
Character:Neenah
Release Date:16/12/1923
Reno
Character:Yvette - The Governess
Release Date:09/12/1923
North of Hudson Bay
Character:Estelle MacDonald
Release Date:18/11/1923
The Rendezvous
Character:Varvara
Release Date:11/11/1923
Hell's Hole
Character:Mabel Grant
Release Date:23/09/1923
Bells of San Juan
Character:Florrie Engel
Release Date:15/10/1922
West of Chicago
Character:Señoria Gonzales
Release Date:03/09/1922
Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
Character:
Release Date:05/02/1922
The Fighting Breed
Character:Enid MacDonald (as Ethel Payton)
Release Date:01/09/1921
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Character:Georgette (uncredited)
Release Date:06/03/1921
The Rookie's Return
Character:Gloria
Release Date:26/12/1920
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