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Cathy O'Donnell

Cathy O'Donnell

Acting Born Jul 06, 1923 -- Died Apr 11, 1970 · 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 memorable films, They Live by Night (1949) starring with Farley Granger, widely consid...

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Ben-Hur
7.9
movie
Ben-Hur
as Tirzah
1959
The Best Years of Our Lives
7.8
movie
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Wilma Cameron
1946
The Man from Laramie
7.2
movie
The Man from Laramie
as Barbara Waggoman
1955
They Live by Night
6.9
movie
They Live by Night
as Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
1949
Detective Story
7.0
movie
Detective Story
as Susan Carmichael
1951
Perry Mason
7.7
tv
Perry Mason
as Norma Brooks
1957
The Amazing Mr. X
6.2
movie
The Amazing Mr. X
as Janet Burke
1948
Side Street
6.5
movie
Side Street
as Ellen Norson
1950
The Story of Mankind
4.3
movie
The Story of Mankind
as Early Christian Woman
1957
Bury Me Dead
4.6
movie
Bury Me Dead
as Rusty
1947
The Deerslayer
6.0
movie
The Deerslayer
as Judith Hutter
1957
The Miniver Story
6.0
movie
The Miniver Story
as Judy Miniver
1950