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
67/100
- Highest rated
Ben-Hur88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.3average 2.6
- Crime6.2average 3.7
- Nostalgia5.8average 3.6
- Mystery5.6average 4.1
- Melancholy5.9average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Tension6.9average 6.1
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.2, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.4, average 2.7
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.5, average 2.5
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Film Noir 3
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- Social Commentary 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
Farley GrangerActorThey Live by Night, Side Street
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
Bernard VorhausDirectorThe Amazing Mr. X, Bury Me Dead
John AltonCinematographerThe Amazing Mr. X, Bury Me Dead
Philip YordanWriterThe Man from Laramie, Detective Story
Anthony MannDirectorThe Man from Laramie, Side Street
Joseph RuttenbergCinematographerSide Street, The Miniver Story
Movies and TV shows
261960s
1 title
Tate (1960)
TV show
1950s
20 titles · average score 64
88
Ben-Hur (1959)
as Tirzah
49
My World Dies Screaming (1958)
as Sheila Wayne Tierney (as Kathy O'Donnell)
82
Perry Mason (1957)
TV show · as Norma Brooks
54
The Deerslayer (1957)
as Judith Hutter
72
The Man from Laramie (1955)
as Barbara Waggoman
Mad at the World (1955)
as Anne Bennett
61
Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
as Jill Manning
The Woman's Angle (1952)
as Nina van Rhyne
58
Never Trust a Gambler (1951)
as Virginia Merrill
76
Detective Story (1951)
as Susan Carmichael
77
Side Street (1950)
as Ellen Norson
62
The Miniver Story (1950)
as Judy Miniver
1940s
5 titles · average score 68
82
They Live by Night (1949)
as Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
64
Lights Out (1949)
TV show
57
The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
as Janet Burke
52
Bury Me Dead (1947)
as Rusty
86
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Wilma Cameron