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person_profile-Cathy O'Donnell

Cathy O'Donnell Died at age: 46

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Cathy O'Donnell

Date of Birth:

Jul 06, 1923

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 11, 1970

Biography of

Cathy O'Donnell

    Cathy O'Donnell (July 6, 1923 – April 11, 1970) was an American actress, best known for her many roles in film-noir movies.

    While under contract with Samuel Goldwyn, O'Donnell made her debut in an uncredited role as a nightclub extra in Wonder Man (1945). Her first major role in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), playing Wilma Cameron, the high-school sweetheart of double amputatee Homer Parrish, played by real-life World War II veteran/amputee Harold Russell.

    She was loaned out to RKO for one of her most memorable films, They Live by Night (1949) starring with Farley Granger, widely considered a classic of the noir genre and on the Guardian's list of the top ten noir films. The film was directed by Nicholas Ray. The two actors later re-teamed for another movie, Side Street (1950).

    Later O'Donnell starred in The Miniver Story (also 1950), as Judy Miniver and also had a supporting role in Detective Story (1951). She appeared as Barbara Waggoman, the love interest of James Stewart's character in the western The Man from Laramie (1955). Her final film role was the title character's sister Tirzah in William Wyler's 1959 Academy Award winning Best Picture Ben-Hur (1959).

    In the 1960s, she appeared in TV shows, playing mostly bit parts on shows such as Perry Mason, The Rebel and Man Without a Gun. Her last screen appearance was in 1964, in an episode of Bonanza.

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Filmography of

Cathy O'Donnell

Found 17 Movies in total

Ben-Hur

Tirzah ( Actor )

... 1959

My World Dies Screaming

Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell) ( Actor )

... 1958

The Story of Mankind

Early Christian Woman ( Actor )

... 1957

The Deerslayer

Judith Hutter ( Actor )

... 1957

The Man from Laramie

Barbara Waggoman ( Actor )

... 1955

Mad at the World

Anne Bennett ( Actor )

... 1955

Loves of Three Queens

Enone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships) ( Actor )

... 1954

Eight O'Clock Walk

Jill Manning ( Actor )

... 1954

The Woman's Angle

Nina van Rhyne ( Actor )

... 1952

Detective Story

Susan Carmichael ( Actor )

... 1951

Never Trust a Gambler

Virginia Merrill ( Actor )

... 1951

The Miniver Story

Judy Miniver ( Actor )

... 1950

Side Street

Ellen Norson ( Actor )

... 1950

They Live by Night

Catherine "Keechie" Mobley ( Actor )

... 1949

The Amazing Mr. X

Janet Burke ( Actor )

... 1948

Bury Me Dead

Rusty ( Actor )

... 1947

The Best Years of Our Lives

Wilma Cameron ( Actor )

... 1946