
Kathleen Key
Acting
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. From that point on to the end of the 1920s, Kathleen Key, sometimes credited as Kathleen Keys, starr…
Also known as
Kitty Lanahan · Kathleen Keys
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Movie

Golf Widows
1928 · Movie

The Big Parade
1925 · Movie

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921 · Movie

The Jackeroo of Coolabong
1920 · Movie

Klondike Annie
1936 · Movie

The Trouble Shooter
1924 · Movie

The Sea Hawk
1924 · Movie

A Lover's Oath
1925 · Movie
The Phantom of the North
1929 · Movie

North of Hudson Bay
1923 · Movie

1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Movie