Cathy O'Donnell

Cathy O'Donnell

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...

Known For

Ben-Hur

as Tirzah

The Man from Laramie

as Barbara Waggoman

Cast Credits

Ben-Hur

as Tirzah

My World Dies Screaming

as Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)

The Story of Mankind

as Early Christian Woman

The Deerslayer

as Judith Hutter

The Man from Laramie

as Barbara Waggoman

Mad at the World

as Anne Bennett

Loves of Three Queens

as Enone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)

Eight O'Clock Walk

as Jill Manning

The Woman's Angle

as Nina van Rhyne

Detective Story

as Susan Carmichael

Never Trust a Gambler

as Virginia Merrill

The Miniver Story

as Judy Miniver

Side Street

as Ellen Norson

They Live by Night

as Catherine "Keechie" Mobley

The Amazing Mr. X

as Janet Burke

Bury Me Dead

as Rusty