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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Acting
Movie
Ben-Hur
as Tirzah
1959
Movie
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Wilma Cameron
1946
Movie
The Man from Laramie
as Barbara Waggoman
1955
Movie
They Live by Night
as Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
1949
Movie
Detective Story
as Susan Carmichael
1951
TV
Perry Mason
as Norma Brooks
1957
Movie
The Amazing Mr. X
as Janet Burke
1948
Movie
Side Street
as Ellen Norson
1950
Movie
The Story of Mankind
as Early Christian Woman
1957
Movie
Bury Me Dead
as Rusty
1947
Movie
The Deerslayer
as Judith Hutter
1957
Movie
The Miniver Story
as Judy Miniver
1950
TV
Climax!
as Mona Herbert
1954
Movie
My World Dies Screaming
as Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)
1958
TV
The Rebel
as Prudence Gant
1959
TV
The Rebel
as Felicity Bowman
1959
TV
The Detectives
1959
TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jennie Parsons
1956
Movie
Mad at the World
as Anne Bennett
1955
Movie
Eight O'Clock Walk
as Jill Manning
1954
Movie
Never Trust a Gambler
as Virginia Merrill
1951
TV
Matinee Theater
1955
TV
Sugarfoot
as Angel
1957
TV
Tate
1960