ACTOR

Cathy O'Donnell

1923 - 1970

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Cathy O'Donnell (born Ann Steely, July 6, 1923 – April 11, 1970) was an American actress who appeared in The Best Years of Our Lives, Ben-Hur, and films noir such as Detective Story and They Live by Night. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cathy O'Donnell has received more than 1,270,778 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Cathy O'Donnell is the 2,778th most popular actor (down from 2,585th in 2019), the 4,310th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,142nd in 2019) and the 1,253rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.3M

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  • 51.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cathy O'Donnell ranks 2,778 out of 13,578. Before her are Vladimir Etush, Eve Meyer, Dominic Monaghan, Ignacio López Tarso, Hans Christian Blech, and Ulla Jacobsson. After her are Richard Bremmer, Franca Rame, Lynn Cohen, Tyne Daly, Mildred Natwick, and Lazar Ristovski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Cathy O'Donnell ranks 207. Before her are Victor Papanek, Don Adams, Zofia Posmysz, Vladimir Basov, Louis Lansana Beavogui, and Eugenio Calabi. After her are Galyani Vadhana, Achille Silvestrini, Grigory Romanov, Inger Jacobsen, Jamshid Amouzegar, and Gerald Götting. Among people deceased in 1970, Cathy O'Donnell ranks 134. Before her are Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Dora Boothby, Kurt Feldt, Leandro Faggin, Vera Brittain, and Ștefan Barbu. After her are Ernest Marsden, Sydney Chapman, Billie Burke, Alan Wilson, Albert Ayler, and Soledad Miranda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cathy O'Donnell ranks 4,310 out of 20,380. Before her are Ray Dalio (1949), Eve Meyer (1928), Meriwether Lewis (1774), Cyrus West Field (1819), Brock Lesnar (1977), and Stephen Cook (1939). After her are Paul Mazursky (1930), Lynn Cohen (1933), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Aaron Russo (1943), Tyne Daly (1946), and Jackie Gleason (1916).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Cathy O'Donnell ranks 1,253. Before her are Tony Todd (1954), Celeste Holm (1917), Tomas Arana (1955), Victor Wong (1927), Kristanna Loken (1979), and Eve Meyer (1928). After her are Lynn Cohen (1933), Tyne Daly (1946), Mildred Natwick (1905), Judy Holliday (1921), Frank Morgan (1890), and Phylicia Rashad (1948).

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Television and Movie Roles

Ben-Hur
Tirzah
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
Nov 18th 19597.883 / 10
They Live by Night
Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
Nov 1st 19496.8 / 10
The Best Years of Our Lives
Wilma Cameron
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
Dec 25th 19467.8 / 10