Cathy Downs

Cathy Downs

1926-03-03 – 1976-12-08 (age 50) Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, USA
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Biography

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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

My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine

1946

as Clementine Carter

The Sundowners
The Sundowners

1950

as Kathleen Boyce

Curfew Breakers
Curfew Breakers

1957

as Mrs. Bowman

Panhandle
Panhandle

1948

as Jean 'Dusty' Stewart

The She-Creature
The She-Creature

1956

as Dorothy Chappel

Kentucky Rifle
Kentucky Rifle

1956

as Amy Connors

The Dark Corner
The Dark Corner

1946

as Mari Cathcart

Gobs and Gals
Gobs and Gals

1952

as Betty Lou Prentice

The Big Tip Off
The Big Tip Off

1955

as Sister Mary Joan of Arc

Missile to the Moon
Missile to the Moon

1958

as June Saxton

The Amazing Colossal Man
The Amazing Colossal Man

1957

as Carol Forrest

The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
The Noose Hangs High
The Noose Hangs High

1948

as Carol Blair

Short Grass
Short Grass

1950

as Sharon Lynch

The Flaming Urge
The Flaming Urge

1953

as Charlotte Cruickshank

Bandits of the West
Bandits of the West

1953

as Joanne Collier

Massacre River
Massacre River

1949

as Kitty Reid

The Oklahoma Woman
The Oklahoma Woman

1956

as Susan Grant

For You I Die
For You I Die

1947

as Hope Novak

Triple Cross
Triple Cross

1951

as Anne Howe