Cathy O’Donnell

Actress Cathy O'Donnell (born Ann Steely July 6, 1923 - April 11, 1970) began her career on stage. She was born in Siluria, Alabama. She attended Oklahoma City University and studied drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before her career on stage and then movies. She was under contract with Samuel Goldwyn for her first film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), playing Wilma Cameron, a high school sweetheart of double amputee Homer Parrish, played by real-life WWII veteran/amputee Harold Russell. She was loaned out to RKO for one of her most memorable films,the Nicholas Ray-movie They Live by Night (1947) with Farley Granger. Granger and O'Donnell reteamed for the Anthony Mann-directed 1950 movie, Side Street. At age 23, she married 48-year-old Robert Wyler, older brother of director William Wyler. O'Donnell also appeared in Ben-Hur (1959) as Charlton Heston's younger sister Tirzah. Cathy O'Donnell died of a cerebral hemorrhage brought on by cancer at the age of 46, on her 22nd wedding anniversary.
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Cathy O'Donnell (née Ann Steely) est une actrice américaine née le 6 juillet 1923 à Siluria, Alabama (États-Unis), décédée le 11 avril 1970 à Los Angeles (Californie).
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Cathy O'Donnell (Eigentlich: Ann Steely) (* 6. Juli 1923 in Siluria, Alabama, † 11. April 1970 in Los Angeles) war eine US-amerikanische Filmschauspielerin.Nach dem Besuch der High School und des Colleges in Oklahoma City arbeitete O'Donnell, die zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch Ann Steely hieß, als Stenographin, um sich so den Umzug nach Hollywood zu finanzieren, wo sie das Glück hatte, von Filmproduzent Samuel Goldwyn unter Vertrag genommen zu werden.Dieser erkannte das Potenzial der jungen Frau, ermöglichte ihr eine Ausbildung an der American Academy of Dramatic Arts, und gab ihr ihren irisch klingenden Künstlernamen - Cathy O'Donnell.
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