Cathy O'Donnell
Actor
- Born
- July 6, 1923 · Siluria, Alabama, USA
- Died
- April 11, 1970 (age 46)
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.
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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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Known for
Ben-Hur
November 18, 1959
The Best Years of Our Lives
November 22, 1946
The Man from Laramie
August 19, 1955
They Live by Night
November 1, 1949
Detective Story
October 19, 1951
The Amazing Mr. X
July 29, 1948
Side Street
March 23, 1950
The Story of Mankind
November 8, 1957
Bury Me Dead
October 18, 1947
The Deerslayer
September 10, 1957
The Miniver Story
October 26, 1950
My World Dies Screaming
August 20, 1958
Acting17
- 1959Ben-Hur as Tirzah
- 1958My World Dies Screaming as Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)
- 1957The Story of Mankind as Early Christian Woman
- 1957The Deerslayer as Judith Hutter
- 1955The Man from Laramie as Barbara Waggoman
- 1955Mad at the World as Anne Bennett
- 1954Loves of Three Queens as Enone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
- 1954Eight O'Clock Walk as Jill Manning
- 1952The Woman's Angle as Nina van Rhyne
- 1951