Cathy Downs
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-03-03
Day of Death
1976-12-08 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, USA
Cathy Downs
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cathy Downs (March 3, 1924 – December 8, 1976) was an American film actress.
Born in Port Jefferson, New York, Downs began her film career with a small role in The Dolly Sisters (1945) and the following year played the title role in My Darling Clementine. Following the success of the latter, Downs was cast in a prison drama For You I Die (1947), an Abbott & Costello comedy The Noose Hangs High, and several western films.
By the beginning of the 1950s she was appearing in lower budget films, including some science fiction films, with one of these films Missile to the Moon marking her last screen appearance, in 1958.
She worked sporadically in television during the 1960s but was unemployed for several years before her death in Los Angeles, California.
Downs has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Television, at 6646 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Known For
Acting
(1958)
Missile to the Moon
as June Saxton
(1957)
Curfew Breakers
as Mrs. Bowman
(1957)
The Amazing Colossal Man
as Carol Forrest
(1956)
The She-Creature
as Dorothy Chappel
(1956)
Kentucky Rifle
as Amy Connors
(1956)
The Oklahoma Woman
as Susan Grant
(1955)
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
as Lois King
(1955)
The Big Tip Off
as Sister Mary Joan of Arc
(1953)
The Flaming Urge
as Charlotte Cruickshank
(1953)
Bandits of the West
as Joanne Collier
(1952)
Gobs and Gals
as Betty Lou Prentice
(1951)
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
as Anne Howe
(1950)
The Sundowners
as Kathleen Boyce
(1950)
Short Grass
as Sharon Lynch
(1949)
Massacre River
as Kitty Reid
(1948)
Panhandle
as Jean 'Dusty' Stewart
(1948)
The Noose Hangs High
as Carol Blair
(1947)
For You I Die
as Hope Novak
(1946)
My Darling Clementine
as Clementine Carter
(1946)
The Dark Corner
as Mari Cathcart