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Ben-Hur

as Tirzah

1959
My World Dies Screaming

as Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)

1958
The Deerslayer

as Judith Hutter

1957
The Man from Laramie

as Barbara Waggoman

1955
Mad at the World

as Anne Bennett

1955
Eight O'Clock Walk

as Jill Manning

1954
The Woman's Angle

as Nina van Rhyne

1952
Detective Story

as Susan Carmichael

1951
Never Trust a Gambler

as Virginia Merrill

1951
Side Street

as Ellen Norson

1950
The Amazing Mr. X

as Janet Burke

1948
They Live by Night

as Catherine "Keechie" Mobley

1949
The Best Years of Our Lives

as Wilma Cameron

1946
Cathy O'Donnell Cathy O'Donnell

Birthday

1923-07-06

Place of Birth

Siluria, Alabama, USA

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cathy O'Donnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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