- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 1, 1903
- Place of Birth
- Buffalo, New York, USA
- Died
- December 22, 1954
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, th…
Filmography
movieKlondike Annie
1936
movieThunder in the Night
1935 · Party Guest
Sweeping Against the Winds
movieSweeping Against the Winds
1930
The Phantom of the North
movieThe Phantom of the North
1929 · Colette
movieGolf Widows
1928 · Ethel Dixon
movieIrish Hearts
1927 · Clarice
movieHey! Hey! Cowboy
1927 · Emily Decker
movieThe Desert's Toll
1926 · Muriel Cooper
movieThe Flaming Frontier
1926 · Lucretia
movieMoney Talks
1926 · Vamp
movieUnder Western Skies
1926 · Milly Lewis
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Tirzah
movieThe Big Parade
1925 · Miss Apperson (uncredited)
movieA Lover's Oath
1925 · Sherin
movie1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Self
movieRevelation
1924 · Madonna
movieThe Sea Hawk
1924 · Andalusian Slave Girl
movieThe Trouble Shooter
1924 · Nancy Brewster
movieThe Man from Brodney's
1923 · Neenah
movieReno
1923 · Yvette - The Governess
movieNorth of Hudson Bay
1923 · Estelle MacDonald
movieThe Rendezvous
1923 · Varvara
movieHell's Hole
1923 · Mabel Grant
movieBells of San Juan
1922 · Florrie Engel
movieWest of Chicago
1922 · Señoria Gonzales
Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
movieWhere's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
1922
The Fighting Breed
movieThe Fighting Breed
1921 · Enid MacDonald (as Ethel Payton)
movieThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921 · Georgette (uncredited)
movieThe Rookie's Return
1920 · Gloria
movieThe Jackeroo of Coolabong
1920 · Edith MacDonald