Cathy O'Donnell
- Birthday
- Jul 6, 1923
Bio: Cathy O'Donnell was signed to a movie contract by Sam Goldwyn after a brief flurry of stage activity. Cathy's first film assignment would remain her best: in Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), she sensitively essayed the very difficult role of Wilma Cameron, high school sweetheart of double amputee Harold Russell. She spent most of her Goldwyn contract… More Bio: Cathy O'Donnell was signed to a movie contract by Sam Goldwyn after a brief flurry of stage activity. Cathy's first film assignment would remain her best: in Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), she sensitively essayed the very difficult role of Wilma Cameron, high school sweetheart of double amputee Harold Russell. She spent most of her Goldwyn contract on loan to other studios: one of her better films was RKO'sThey Live By Night (1947), a Bonnie and Clyde precursor starring fellow Goldwyn contractee Farley Granger. In her mid-30s, O'Donnell was still youthful-looking enough to portray Charlton Heston's leprosy-ridden younger sister in Ben-Hur (1959), the actress' next-to-last film. After eleven years' retirement, the 46-year-old Cathy O'Donnell died of a cerebral hemorrhage. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Filmography
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Ben-Hur (1959)
- Tirzah
- 89%
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Terror in the Haunted House (1958)
- Actor
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The Story of Mankind (1957)
- Early Christian Woman
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The Deerslayer (1957)
- Judith
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The Man From Laramie (1955)
- Barbara Waggoman
- 100%
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Cathy O'Donnell Videos
The Best Years Of Our Lives
2 minutes 49 seconds
The Man From Laramie
1 minutes 1 seconds
Story Of Mankind
29 seconds
Detective Story
2 minutes 14 seconds
Bury Me Dead
1 minutes 27 seconds
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