Cathy O'Donnell


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Actress

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...

Place of Birth: Siluria, Alabama, USA

Date of Birth: Jul 6, 1923

Date of Death: Apr 11, 1970


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Actress (16 Known Credits)


Ben-Hur

Tirzah

My World Dies Screaming

Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)

The Story of Mankind

Early Christian Woman

The Deerslayer

Judith Hutter

The Man from Laramie

Barbara Waggoman

Mad at the World

Anne Bennett

Eight O'Clock Walk

Jill Manning

The Woman's Angle

Nina van Rhyne

Detective Story

Susan Carmichael

Never Trust a Gambler

Virginia Merrill

Side Street

Ellen Norson

The Miniver Story

Judy Miniver

The Amazing Mr. X

Janet Burke

They Live by Night

Catherine "Keechie" Mobley

Ben-Hur (1959)
Tirzah
Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)
Early Christian Woman
Judith Hutter
Barbara Waggoman
Anne Bennett
Jill Manning
Nina van Rhyne
Susan Carmichael
Virginia Merrill
Side Street (1950)
Ellen Norson
Judy Miniver
Janet Burke
Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
Bury Me Dead (1947)
Rusty
Wilma Cameron

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