Cathy O'Donnell

Cathy ODonnell July 6 1923 April 11 1970 was an American actress best known for her many roles in filmnoir movies While under contract with Samuel Goldwyn ODonnell 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 highschool sweetheart of double amputatee Homer Parrish played by reallife World War II veteranamputee 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 considered a classic of the noir genre and on the Guardians list of the top ten noir films The film was directed by Nicholas Ray The two actors later reteamed for another movie Side Street 1950 Later ODonnell starred in The Miniver Story also 1950 as Judy Miniver and also had a supporting role in Detective Story 1951 She appeared as Barbara Waggoman the love interest of James Stewarts character in the western The Man from Laramie 1955 Her final film role was the title characters sister Tirzah in William Wylers 1959 Academy Award winning Best Picture BenHur 1959 In the 1960s she appeared in TV shows playing mostly bit parts on shows such as Perry Mason The Rebel and Man Without a Gun Her last screen appearance was in 1964 in an episode of Bonanza Description above from the Wikipedia article Cathy ODonnell licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia