Cathy Downs

Cathy Downs

Actor

Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, USA
March 3, 1926

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cathy Downs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Representative Works

Triple Cross
Triple Cross
9.0
/ English
The Dark Corner
The Dark Corner
6.6
/ English
The She-Creature
The She-Creature
4.1
/ English
Panhandle
Panhandle
5.8
/ English
Missile to the Moon
Missile to the Moon
3.7
/ English
The Sundowners
The Sundowners
5.2
/ English
The Big Tip Off
The Big Tip Off
7.0
/ English
Short Grass
Short Grass
6.0
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

My Darling Clementine
1946Winner

Best Performance

My Darling Clementine

Triple Cross
1951Winner

Best Performance

Triple Cross

The Dark Corner
1946Nominee

Best Performance

The Dark Corner

Career Highlights

The She-Creature
1956Highlight

Best Performance

The She-Creature

Panhandle
1948Highlight

Best Performance

Panhandle