Cathy O'Donnell

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cathy O'Donnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Siluria, Alabama, USA, 1923-07-06

Died: 1970-04-11

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1946	The Best Years of Our Lives	Wilma Cameron	78
2	1947	Bury Me Dead	Rusty	48
3	1948	The Amazing Mr. X	Janet Burke	62
4	1949	They Live by Night	Catherine "Keechie" Mobley	69
5	1950	Side Street	Ellen Norson	66
6	1950	The Miniver Story	Judy Miniver	60
7	1951	Never Trust a Gambler	Virginia Merrill	54
8	1951	Detective Story	Susan Carmichael	70
9	1952	The Woman's Angle	Nina van Rhyne	0
10	1954	Eight O'Clock Walk	Jill Manning	67
11	1954	Loves of Three Queens	Enone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)	0
12	1955	Mad at the World	Anne Bennett	57
13	1955	The Man from Laramie	Barbara Waggoman	72
14	1957	The Deerslayer	Judith Hutter	54
15	1957	The Story of Mankind	Early Christian Woman	45
16	1958	My World Dies Screaming	Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)	58
17	1959	Ben-Hur	Tirzah	79

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Lights Out		53
2	1954	Climax!	Mona Herbert	33
3	1955	Matinee Theater		50
4	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Jennie Parsons	55
5	1957	Sugarfoot	Angel	48
6	1957	Perry Mason	Norma Brooks	77
7	1959	The Rebel	Prudence Gant	51
8	1959	The Rebel	Felicity Bowman	51
9	1959	The Detectives		56
10	1960	Tate		45

Cathy O'Donnell

Film

Television