Cathy Downs
Actor
- Born
- March 3, 1926 · Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, USA
- Died
- December 8, 1976 (age 50)
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Cathy Downs (March 3, 1924 – December 8, 1976) was an American film actress.
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Born in Port Jefferson, New York, Downs began her film career with a small role in The Dolly Sisters (1945) and the following year played the title role in My Darling Clementine. Following the success of the latter, Downs was cast in a prison drama For You I Die (1947), an Abbott & Costello comedy The Noose Hangs High, and several western films.
By the beginning of the 1950s she was appearing in lower budget films, including some science fiction films, with one of these films Missile to the Moon marking her last screen appearance, in 1958.
She worked sporadically in television during the 1960s but was unemployed for several years before her death in Los Angeles, California.
Downs has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Television, at 6646 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Known for
My Darling Clementine
October 17, 1946
The Dark Corner
April 9, 1946
The Amazing Colossal Man
October 25, 1957
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
December 1, 1955
The She-Creature
August 1, 1956
Missile to the Moon
November 15, 1958
The Noose Hangs High
April 5, 1948
Panhandle
February 22, 1948
The Sundowners
February 2, 1950
For You I Die
December 17, 1947
Kentucky Rifle
July 1, 1956
The Oklahoma Woman
June 15, 1956
Acting20
- 1958Missile to the Moon as June Saxton
- 1957The Amazing Colossal Man as Carol Forrest
- 1957Curfew Breakers as Mrs. Bowman
- 1956The She-Creature as Dorothy Chappel
- 1956Kentucky Rifle as Amy Connors
- 1956The Oklahoma Woman as Susan Grant
- 1955The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues as Lois King
- 1955The Big Tip Off as Sister Mary Joan of Arc
- 1953The Flaming Urge as Charlotte Cruickshank
- 1953Bandits of the West