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 ...
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Missile to the Moon
1958
as June Saxton
Two escaped convicts are found hiding in a rocketship built by a renegade inventor, who forces them to become the crew for a trip to the Moon. Also o...
The Amazing Colossal Man
1957
as Carol Forrest
Lt. Col. Glenn Manning is inadvertently exposed to a plutonium bomb blast and although he sustains burns over 90% of his body, he survives. Then he be...
Curfew Breakers
1957
as Mrs. Bowman
Police Lieutenant Lacey, with aid from Coach Bettger, heads a crack-down on dope-peddling to high-school athletes. One kid dies from an overdose, two ...
The She-Creature
1956
as Dorothy Chappel
A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
Kentucky Rifle
1956
as Amy Connors
A man escorts a wagon load of Kentucky rifles through Indian territory and must find a way to get through without losing the rifles to the Indians. Un...
The Oklahoma Woman
1956
as Susan Grant
After six years in jail Steve returns to claim a ranch left him in a will. The town is in the middle of a rough election masterminded by saloon owner ...
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
1955
as Lois King
A marine biologist and a government agent investigate mysterious deaths and rumors of a sea monster in a secluded ocean cove, and find themselves invo...
The Big Tip Off
1955
as Sister Mary Joan of Arc
A newspaper man uses a mobster's tips to get the scoop on gangster activities.
The Flaming Urge
1953
as Charlotte Cruickshank
A pyromaniac tries to fight his obsession with fire. This movie uses the pyromaniac urge as an extraordinarily transparent metaphor for homosexuality...
Bandits of the West
1953
as Joanne Collier
Marshal Rocky Lane learns of a plan to obstruct the promotion of natural gas in his town.
Gobs and Gals
1952
as Betty Lou Prentice
Two sailors (Robert Hutton) mail love letters from a remote weather station, enclosing photos of their chief (Cathy Downs).
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
1951
as Anne Howe
Joe Palooka and two friends are taking hostage by three criminals.
Short Grass
1950
as Sharon Lynch
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years. Now he’s back. And the b...
The Sundowners
1950
as Kathleen Boyce
Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west.
Massacre River
1949
as Kitty Reid
Two Cavalry Officers clash over the Colonel's Daughter at a remote outpost with Indian troubles.
The Noose Hangs High
1948
as Carol Blair
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two...
Panhandle
1948
as Jean 'Dusty' Stewart
An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
For You I Die
1947
as Hope Novak
A convict is forced to participate in a prison break even though he only has a year left on his sentence.
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Clementine Carter
Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They deci...
The Dark Corner
1946
as Mari Cathcart
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunk...