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.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as TirzahErstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with...
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The Big Parade
as Miss Apperson (uncredited)The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to...
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Georgette (uncredited)Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich...
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Klondike Annie
as uncreditedA San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.
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1925 Studio Tour
as SelfA tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and...
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The Sea Hawk
as Andalusian Slave GirlThe adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of...
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Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
as uncreditedGarry Beecher, forgetting his mother and sweetheart, Lorna, falls in love with Veronica, a...
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Reno
as Yvette - The GovernessAfter obtaining a divorce from his second wife Emily, Roy Tappan marries Dora Carson, who has...
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The Rookie's Return
as GloriaA young soldier is discharged from the service and has trouble making a living. However, when he...
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Under Western Skies
as Milly LewisBob Erskine, the son of a wealthy New York banker, falls in love with Ella Parkhurst, the...
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A Lover's Oath
as Sherin"The plot introduces Omar as a leader of his people but deals rather with the love of his...
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The Trouble Shooter
as Nancy BrewsterTom Mix, the most popular screen cowboy of his era, played a lineman for a power company in this...
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North of Hudson Bay
as Estelle MacDonaldOn a steamboat heading North, where his brother has struck gold, Mike Dane falls in love with...
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Bells of San Juan
as Florrie EngelRod Norton is a lawman searching for his father's killer. Norton suspects saloon owner Jim...
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The Man from Brodney's
as NeenahA drama of the India Seas that has Hollingsworth Chance, a young American, tangled in court...
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Revelation
as MadonnaPaul Granville becomes a famous painter for his portraits of great women as modeled by the...
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Thunder in the Night
as Party GuestOfficer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet....
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Money Talks
as VampSam Starling (Owen Moore) is deep in debt, his wife Phoebe (Claire Windsor) is leaving him and...
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Hey! Hey! Cowboy
as Emily DeckerA longstanding friendship between Julius Decker and Joe Billings, neighboring ranchers, is...
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The Flaming Frontier
as LucretiaBob Langdon, a young Pony Express rider, is given an appointment to West Point, but is forced to...
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Hell's Hole
as Mabel GrantCowboy Tod Musgrave and his pal Del Hawkins steal a ride on a train after being kicked out of a...
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Irish Hearts
as ClariceSheila, a feisty Irish girl, loves Emmett, a somewhat shady Irish boy. When Emmett goes to...
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The Desert's Toll
as Muriel CooperFrank Darwin needs to convince Muriel he didn't kill her Father, as claimed by Jasper and Oneta.
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West of Chicago
as Señoria GonzalesWest of Chicago is a 1922 American silent western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring...
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