Cathy O'Donnell
Cathy O'Donnell
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Cathy O'Donnell

Actor 1923-07-06 Siluria, Alabama, USA

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 memora...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

1959 · Tirzah

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946 · Wilma Cameron

The Man from Laramie

The Man from Laramie

1955 · Barbara Waggoman

They Live by Night

They Live by Night

1949 · Catherine "Keechie" Mobley

Detective Story

Detective Story

1951 · Susan Carmichael

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957 · Norma Brooks

The Amazing Mr. X

The Amazing Mr. X

1948 · Janet Burke

Side Street

Side Street

1950 · Ellen Norson

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

1957 · Early Christian Woman

Bury Me Dead

Bury Me Dead

1947 · Rusty

The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer

1957 · Judith Hutter

The Miniver Story

The Miniver Story

1950 · Judy Miniver

Climax!

Climax!

1954 · Mona Herbert

The Rebel

The Rebel

1959 · Prudence Gant

My World Dies Screaming

My World Dies Screaming

1958 · Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · Jennie Parsons

The Detectives

The Detectives

1959 · TV

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot

1957 · Angel

Mad at the World

Mad at the World

1955 · Anne Bennett