Personal Info
Known Credits
17
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1923-07-06 (102 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Siluria, Alabama, USA
Also Known For
Ann Steely
Cathy O'Donnell
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 on ...
Acting
1959 --
Ben-Hur
| Tirzah
1958 --
My World Dies Screaming
| Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)
1957 --
The Story of Mankind
| Early Christian Woman
1957 --
The Deerslayer
| Judith Hutter
1955 --
The Man from Laramie
| Barbara Waggoman
1955 --
Mad at the World
| Anne Bennett
1954 --
Loves of Three Queens
| Enone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
1954 --
Eight O'Clock Walk
| Jill Manning
1952 --
The Woman's Angle
| Nina van Rhyne
1951 --
Detective Story
| Susan Carmichael
1951 --
Never Trust a Gambler
| Virginia Merrill
1950 --
The Miniver Story
| Judy Miniver
1950 --
Side Street
| Ellen Norson
1949 --
They Live by Night
| Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
1948 --
The Amazing Mr. X
| Janet Burke
1947 --
Bury Me Dead
| Rusty
1946 --
The Best Years of Our Lives
| Wilma Cameron