Cathy O'Donnell
Age: N/A | From: Siluria, Alabama, USA
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Aliases: Ann Steely
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Siluria, Alabama, USA
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Movie Involvements: 17
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Perry Mason
(1957) Norma Brooks
Ben-Hur
(1959) Tirzah
Climax!
(1954) Mona Herbert
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(1956) Jennie Parsons
The Rebel
(1959) Felicity Bowman
The Best Years of Our Lives
(1946) Wilma Cameron
Sugarfoot
(1957) Angel
The Man from Laramie
(1955) Barbara WaggomanActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | Tirzah | |
| N/A | ||
| Prudence Gant | ||
| Felicity Bowman | ||
| 1958 | Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell) | |
| 1957 | Early Christian Woman | |
| Norma Brooks | ||
| Angel | ||
| Judith Hutter | ||
| 1956 | Jennie Parsons | |
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Barbara Waggoman | ||
| Anne Bennett | ||
| 1954 | Mona Herbert | |
| Jill Manning | ||
| Enone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships) | ||
| 1952 | Nina van Rhyne | |
| 1951 | Susan Carmichael | |
| Virginia Merrill | ||
| 1950 | Judy Miniver | |
| Ellen Norson | ||
| 1949 | Catherine "Keechie" Mobley | |
| 1948 | Janet Burke | |
| 1947 | Rusty | |
| 1946 | Wilma Cameron | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
