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Cathy O'Donnell


Biografi

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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Dikenal sebagai

Acting

Tanggal Lahir

06 July 1923 di Siluria, Alabama, USA

Filmografi

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

sebagai Tirzah

The Miniver Story

The Miniver Story

sebagai Judy Miniver

Side Street

Side Street

sebagai Ellen Norson

The Amazing Mr. X

The Amazing Mr. X

sebagai Janet Burke

They Live by Night

They Live by Night

sebagai Catherine "Keechie" Mobley

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

sebagai Wilma Cameron

The Man from Laramie

The Man from Laramie

sebagai Barbara Waggoman

Loves of Three Queens

Loves of Three Queens

sebagai Enone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)

Detective Story

Detective Story

sebagai Susan Carmichael

Mad at the World

Mad at the World

sebagai Anne Bennett

Bury Me Dead

Bury Me Dead

sebagai Rusty

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

sebagai Early Christian Woman

Never Trust a Gambler

Never Trust a Gambler

sebagai Virginia Merrill

The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer

sebagai Judith Hutter

My World Dies Screaming

My World Dies Screaming

sebagai Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)

Eight O'Clock Walk

Eight O'Clock Walk

sebagai Jill Manning

The Woman's Angle

The Woman's Angle

sebagai Nina van Rhyne