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Cathy O'Donnell
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Cathy O'Donnell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1923-07-06,Siluria, Alabama, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cathy O'Donnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Best Years of Our Lives

7.788

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25

7.9

Ben-Hur
1959-11-18

Detective Story

7

Detective Story
1951-10-24

The Amazing Mr. X

6.198

The Amazing Mr. X
1948-07-29

The Story of Mankind

4.522

The Story of Mankind
1957-11-08

4.8

Bury Me Dead
1947-10-18

They Live by Night

6.9

They Live by Night
1949-11-01

The Man from Laramie

7.2

The Man from Laramie
1955-08-19

6.6

Side Street
1950-03-23

Mad at the World

5.7

Mad at the World
1955-05-13

My World Dies Screaming

5.8

My World Dies Screaming
1958-08-20

Eight O'Clock Walk

6.7

Eight O'Clock Walk
1954-03-16

5.4

The Deerslayer
1957-09-10

Never Trust a Gambler

5.4

Never Trust a Gambler
1951-07-13

The Miniver Story

6

The Miniver Story
1950-10-26

The Woman's Angle

0

The Woman's Angle
1952-02-12

Loves of Three Queens

0

Loves of Three Queens
1954-12-24

7.7

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

3.273

Climax!
1954-10-07

Matinee Theater

5

Matinee Theater
1955-10-31

5.1

The Rebel
1959-10-04

4.8

Sugarfoot
1957-09-17

5.6

The Detectives
1959-10-16

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

4.5

Tate
1960-06-08

5.3

Lights Out
1949-07-19

5.1

The Rebel
1959-10-04