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Portrait of Cathy O'Donnell

Acting

Cathy O'Donnell

Career

Active from 1946 to 1959, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Cathy O'Donnell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Context 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Film Noir 2
  • Crime Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

1 title
Tate
Tate (1960)

TV show

1950s

20 titles · average score 65
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur (1959)
GoodWatch score 86

as Tirzah

My World Dies Screaming
My World Dies Screaming (1958)
GoodWatch score 51

as Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)

Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Norma Brooks

Mad at the World
Mad at the World (1955)

as Anne Bennett

The Man from Laramie
The Man from Laramie (1955)
GoodWatch score 83

as Barbara Waggoman

Eight O'Clock Walk
Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jill Manning

Loves of Three Queens
Loves of Three Queens (1954)

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

The Woman's Angle
The Woman's Angle (1952)

as Nina van Rhyne

Never Trust a Gambler
Never Trust a Gambler (1951)
GoodWatch score 59

as Virginia Merrill

Detective Story
Detective Story (1951)
GoodWatch score 74

as Susan Carmichael

Side Street
Side Street (1950)
GoodWatch score 78

as Ellen Norson

The Miniver Story
The Miniver Story (1950)
GoodWatch score 56

as Judy Miniver

1940s

5 titles · average score 69
They Live by Night
They Live by Night (1949)
GoodWatch score 81

as Catherine "Keechie" Mobley

Lights Out
Lights Out (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

The Amazing Mr. X
The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
GoodWatch score 57

as Janet Burke

Bury Me Dead
Bury Me Dead (1947)
GoodWatch score 54

as Rusty

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89

as Wilma Cameron