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
The Man from Laramie1955
Side Street1950
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