Kathleen Key



First NameKathleen
Last NameKey
Full Name at BirthKitty Lanahan
Other NamesKathleen Key
Ethel Payton
Age52 (age at death)
Date of BirthApril 1, 1903
BirthplaceBuffalo, New York
Date of DeathDecember 22, 1955
Location of DeathLos Angeles, California
Height5' 3" (160 cm)
BuildSlim
Hair ColorBlack
Star SignAries
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
Occupation CategoryActress
Claim to FameBen-Hur (1925), WAMPAS Baby Star of 1923

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.


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Filmography

Selected Kathleen Key film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

1936
Dance Hall Girl

1936
One Rainy Afternoon
Bit Role

1935
Thunder in the Night
Guest

1929
The Phantom of the North
Colette

1927
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Emily Decker

1927
Irish Hearts
Clarice

1926
Lucretia

1926
College Days
Louise

1926
The Desert's Toll
Muriel Cooper

1926
Money Talks
Vamp

1926
Under Western Skies
Milly Leewis

1925
Miss Apperson

1924
Andalusian Slave Girl

1924
Revelation
Madonna

1923
North of Hudson Bay
Estelle McDonald

1923
Reno
Yvette, the governess

1922
West of Chicago
Señoria Gonzales






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