Kathleen Key
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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.
Acting
Movie
The Big Parade
as Miss Apperson (uncredited)
1925
Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Tirzah
1925
Movie
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Georgette (uncredited)
1921
Movie
Klondike Annie
1936
Movie
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
1925
Movie
The Sea Hawk
as Andalusian Slave Girl
1924
Movie
North of Hudson Bay
as Estelle MacDonald
1923
Movie
Thunder in the Night
as Party Guest
1935
Movie
Golf Widows
as Ethel Dixon
1928
Movie
The Flaming Frontier
as Lucretia
1926
Movie
A Lover's Oath
as Sherin
1925
Movie
Sweeping Against the Winds
1930
Movie
The Trouble Shooter
as Nancy Brewster
1924
Movie
The Rookie's Return
as Gloria
1920
Movie
Bells of San Juan
as Florrie Engel
1922
Movie
Hell's Hole
as Mabel Grant
1923
Movie
Under Western Skies
as Milly Lewis
1926
Movie
Revelation
as Madonna
1924
Movie
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
as Emily Decker
1927
Movie
Irish Hearts
as Clarice
1927
Movie
The Man from Brodney's
as Neenah
1923
Movie
The Phantom of the North
as Colette
1929
Movie
Reno
as Yvette - The Governess
1923
Movie
Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
1922