CATHY O'DONNELL
ACTING
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.
- Ben-Hur1959
- The Best Years of Our Lives1946
- Detective Story1951
- The Amazing Mr. X1948
- Bury Me Dead1947
- The Story of Mankind1957
- Side Street1950
- The Man from Laramie1955
- Mad at the World1955
- My World Dies Screaming1958
- Eight O'Clock Walk1954
- The Deerslayer1957
- Never Trust a Gambler1951
- The Miniver Story1950
- They Live by Night1949
- Loves of Three Queens1954
- Perry Mason1957
- The Rebel1959
- Climax!1954
- Sugarfoot1957
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956
- The Rebel1959