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Cathy O'Donnell (July 6, 1923 – April 11, 1970) was an American actress, best known for her many roles in film-noir movies.
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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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Gender
Female
Birthday
July 6, 1923
Died
April 11, 1970
Birthplace
Siluria, Alabama, USA
Also Known As
Ben-Hur
1959
The Amazing Mr. X
1948
Bury Me Dead
1947
Side Street
1950
Loves of Three Queens
1954
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Mad at the World
1955
The Man from Laramie
1955
They Live by Night
1949
The Story of Mankind
1957
Detective Story
1951
Never Trust a Gambler
1951
The Woman's Angle
1952
Eight O'Clock Walk
1954
The Miniver Story
1950
The Deerslayer
1957
My World Dies Screaming
1958