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