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Kathleen Key‌

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Kathleen Key

Buffalo, New York, USA

Kathleen Key

Buffalo, New York, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1903-04-01

Popularity

star1.6

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.

Movie Credits

The Big Parade

The Big Parade‌
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calendar 1925

Sweeping Against the Winds

Sweeping Against the Winds‌
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calendar 1930

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ‌
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calendar 1925

The Trouble Shooter

The Trouble Shooter‌
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calendar 1924

The Flaming Frontier

The Flaming Frontier‌
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calendar 1926

The Rookie's Return

The Rookie's Return‌
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calendar 1920

Bells of San Juan

Bells of San Juan‌
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calendar 1922

Hell's Hole

Hell's Hole‌
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calendar 1923

Under Western Skies

Under Western Skies‌
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calendar 1926

Revelation

Revelation‌
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calendar 1924

Hey! Hey! Cowboy

Hey! Hey! Cowboy‌
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calendar 1927

Irish Hearts

Irish Hearts‌
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calendar 1927

The Man from Brodney's

The Man from Brodney's‌
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calendar 1923

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk‌
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calendar 1924

The Phantom of the North

The Phantom of the North‌
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calendar 1929

Reno

Reno‌
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calendar 1923

Where's my Wandering Boy Tonight?

Where's my Wandering Boy Tonight?‌
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calendar 1922

Klondike Annie

Klondike Annie‌
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calendar 1936

North of Hudson Bay

North of Hudson Bay‌
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calendar 1923

Thunder in the Night

Thunder in the Night‌
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calendar 1935

1925 Studio Tour

1925 Studio Tour‌
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calendar 1925

A Lover's Oath

A Lover's Oath‌
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calendar 1925

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse‌
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calendar 1921

Money Talks

Money Talks‌
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calendar 1926

The Fighting Breed

The Fighting Breed‌
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calendar 1921

The Desert's Toll

The Desert's Toll‌
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calendar 1926

West of Chicago

West of Chicago‌
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calendar 1922

The Rendezvous

The Rendezvous‌
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calendar 1923

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