LOS ANGELES — Evelyn Keyes, who played Scarlett O’Hara’s younger sister Suellen in “Gone With the Wind” and counted director John Huston and bandleader Artie Shaw among her famous husbands, has died. She was 91.
The actress died July 4 of uterine cancer at her home in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, producer and close friend Allan Glaser said Friday.
Keyes’ personal life often overshadowed her acting career. Besides her often turbulent marriages to Shaw and directors Huston and Charles Vidor, she lived with the flamboyant producer Mike Todd for three years during his preparation and filming of “Around the World in 80 Days.” She played a cameo role in the movie and helped with publicity.
Todd sent her to the premiere in Caracas, then called her abruptly from Paris with this message: “Listen, I have to tell you. I’ve fallen in love with Elizabeth (Taylor).”
“Oh well, nothing lasts forever,” she philosophized in 1977. “The good part was that I invested all my money in ‘Around the World in 80 Days,’ and that set me up for life.”
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