Kathleen Key
Born
April 1, 1903
Died
December 22, 1954 (51 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
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.
Known For

Klondike Annie
1936

Thunder in the Night
Party Guest
1935
Sweeping Against the Winds
1930
The Phantom of the North
Colette
1929

Irish Hearts
Clarice
1927

Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Emily Decker
1927

The Desert's Toll
Muriel Cooper
1926

The Flaming Frontier
Lucretia
1926

Money Talks
Vamp
1926

Under Western Skies
Milly Lewis
1926

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Tirzah
1925

The Big Parade
Miss Apperson (uncredited)
1925

A Lover's Oath
Sherin
1925

1925 Studio Tour
Self
1925

Revelation
Madonna
1924

The Sea Hawk
Andalusian Slave Girl
1924

The Trouble Shooter
Nancy Brewster
1924

The Man from Brodney's
Neenah
1923

Reno
Yvette - The Governess
1923

North of Hudson Bay
Estelle MacDonald
1923

The Rendezvous
Varvara
1923

Hell's Hole
Mabel Grant
1923

Bells of San Juan
Florrie Engel
1922

West of Chicago
Señoria Gonzales
1922

Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
1922
The Fighting Breed
Enid MacDonald (as Ethel Payton)
1921

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Georgette (uncredited)
1921

The Rookie's Return
Gloria
1920