About
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.
Filmography
Ben-Hur1959 · Tirzah
My World Dies Screaming1958 · Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)
The Story of Mankind1957 · Early Christian Woman
The Deerslayer1957 · Judith Hutter
The Man from Laramie1955 · Barbara Waggoman
Mad at the World1955 · Anne Bennett
Loves of Three Queens1954 · Enone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
Eight O'Clock Walk1954 · Jill Manning
The Woman's Angle1952 · Nina van Rhyne
Detective Story1951 · Susan Carmichael
Never Trust a Gambler1951 · Virginia Merrill
The Miniver Story1950 · Judy Miniver
Side Street1950 · Ellen Norson
They Live by Night1949 · Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
The Amazing Mr. X1948 · Janet Burke
Bury Me Dead1947 · Rusty
The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · Wilma Cameron