
Actor
Cathy Downs
Born March 3, 1926 in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, USA
Died December 8, 197620 films
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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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Ranked by acclaim and reachFilmography
20 films as actor- 1958Missile to the MoonJune Saxton
- 1957The Amazing Colossal ManCarol Forrest
- 1957Curfew BreakersMrs. Bowman
- 1956The She-CreatureDorothy Chappel
- 1956Kentucky RifleAmy Connors
- 1956The Oklahoma WomanSusan Grant
- 1955The Phantom from 10,000 LeaguesLois King
- 1955The Big Tip OffSister Mary Joan of Arc
- 1953The Flaming UrgeCharlotte Cruickshank
- 1953Bandits of the WestJoanne Collier
- 1952Gobs and GalsBetty Lou Prentice
- 1951Triple CrossAnne Howe
- 1950Short GrassSharon Lynch
- 1950The SundownersKathleen Boyce
- 1949Massacre RiverKitty Reid
- 1948The Noose Hangs HighCarol Blair
- 1948PanhandleJean 'Dusty' Stewart
- 1947For You I DieHope Novak
- 1946My Darling ClementineClementine Carter
- 1946The Dark CornerMari Cathcart

