Acting
Cathy O'Donnell
- Titles
- 17movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1946 to 1959, with up to 2 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 9top three billing
- Average score
68/100
- Highest rated
The Best Years of Our Lives89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.2average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.0average 3.7
- Crime6.0average 3.7
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
- Mystery5.3average 4.1
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Tension6.8average 6.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.3, average 5.3
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.6, average 2.7
- Tech & Humanity0.6, average 1.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Film Noir 3
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Historical Context 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- Crime Thriller 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
William WylerDirectorBen-Hur, The Best Years of Our Lives, Detective Story
Gladys GeorgeActorThe Best Years of Our Lives, Detective Story
Jay C. FlippenActorThey Live by Night, The Deerslayer
Will WrightActorThey Live by Night, Never Trust a Gambler
Farley GrangerActorThey Live by Night, Side Street
Anthony MannDirectorThe Man from Laramie, Side Street
Joseph RuttenbergCinematographerThe Miniver Story, Side Street
Bernard VorhausDirectorThe Amazing Mr. X, Bury Me Dead
John AltonCinematographerThe Amazing Mr. X, Bury Me Dead
Philip YordanWriterThe Man from Laramie, Detective Story
Movies and TV shows
20Type
1950s
20 titles · average score 65
86
Ben-Hur (1959)
as Tirzah
64
The Rebel (1959)
TV show · as Prudence Gant / Felicity Bowman
71
The Detectives (1959)
TV show
51
My World Dies Screaming (1958)
as Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)
82
Perry Mason (1957)
TV show · as Norma Brooks
58
The Deerslayer (1957)
as Judith Hutter
62
Sugarfoot (1957)
TV show · as Angel
34
The Story of Mankind (1957)
as Early Christian Woman
68
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV show · as Jennie Parsons
83
The Man from Laramie (1955)
as Barbara Waggoman
Mad at the World (1955)
as Anne Bennett
Matinee Theater (1955)
TV show
59
Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
as Jill Manning
Loves of Three Queens (1954)
as Enone (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
51
Climax! (1954)
TV show · as Mona Herbert
The Woman's Angle (1952)
as Nina van Rhyne
59
Never Trust a Gambler (1951)
as Virginia Merrill
74
Detective Story (1951)
as Susan Carmichael
78
Side Street (1950)
as Ellen Norson
63
The Miniver Story (1950)
as Judy Miniver