
Cathy O'Donnell
Born
1923-07-06
Place of birth
Siluria, Alabama, USA
Died
1970-04-11
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 consid...
Known for

Ben-Hur
Tirzah

The Best Years of Our Lives
Wilma Cameron

The Man from Laramie
Barbara Waggoman

They Live by Night
Catherine "Keechie" Mobley

Detective Story
Susan Carmichael

Perry Mason
Norma Brooks

The Amazing Mr. X
Janet Burke

Side Street
Ellen Norson

The Story of Mankind
Early Christian Woman

Bury Me Dead
Rusty

The Deerslayer
Judith Hutter

The Miniver Story
Judy Miniver

Climax!
Mona Herbert

My World Dies Screaming
Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)

The Rebel
Prudence Gant