Kathleen Key
Birthday
1903/04/01
Day of death
1954/12/22 (51 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
Also know as
Kitty Lanahan, Kathleen Keys
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. ...Read more
Acting
(1925) The Big Parade
as Miss Apperson (uncredited)
(1930) Sweeping Against the Winds
as ---
(1925) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Tirzah
(1924) The Trouble Shooter
as Nancy Brewster
(1926) The Flaming Frontier
as Lucretia
(1920) The Rookie's Return
as Gloria
(1922) Bells of San Juan
as Florrie Engel
(1923) Hell's Hole
as Mabel Grant
(1926) Under Western Skies
as Milly Lewis
(1924) Revelation
as Madonna
(1927) Hey! Hey! Cowboy
as Emily Decker
(1927) Irish Hearts
as Clarice
(1923) The Man from Brodney's
as Neenah
(1924) The Sea Hawk
as Andalusian Slave Girl
(1929) The Phantom of the North
as Colette
(1923) Reno
as Yvette - The Governess
(1922) Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
as ---
(1936) Klondike Annie
as ---
(1923) North of Hudson Bay
as Estelle MacDonald
(1935) Thunder in the Night
as Party Guest
(1925) 1925 Studio Tour
as Self
(1925) A Lover's Oath
as Sherin
(1921) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Georgette (uncredited)
(1926) Money Talks
as Vamp
(1921) The Fighting Breed
as Enid MacDonald (as Ethel Payton)
(1926) The Desert's Toll
as Muriel Cooper
(1922) West of Chicago
as Señoria Gonzales
(1923) The Rendezvous
as Varvara