Cathy Downs

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

Surfside 6 1960 ★ 6.3
Bat Masterson 1958 ★ 6.1
Missile to the Moon 1958 ★ 3.7
Perry Mason 1957 ★ 7.7
The Amazing Colossal Man 1957 ★ 4.6
The She-Creature 1956 ★ 4.1
Matinee Theater 1955 ★ 5.3
The Millionaire 1955 ★ 5.8
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues 1955 ★ 4.2
The Big Tip Off 1955 ★ 7.0
The Whistler 1954
The Flaming Urge 1953 ★ 7.0
Mr. & Mrs. North 1952 ★ 5.0
Gobs and Gals 1952 ★ 7.0
Racket Squad 1951 ★ 6.5
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951 ★ 8.8
Triple Cross 1951 ★ 9.0
The Sundowners 1950 ★ 5.2
Short Grass 1950 ★ 6.5
Massacre River 1949 ★ 6.6
The Noose Hangs High 1948 ★ 6.9
Panhandle 1948 ★ 5.8
My Darling Clementine 1946 ★ 7.5
The Dark Corner 1946 ★ 6.6