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Cathy Downs(1926-1976)

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Cathy Downs in The Lone Ranger (1949)
Escaped cons stowaway on a flight to the moon and discover alien women ruled by a sadistic queen. Restored and in Color!
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Missile to the Moon (1958)
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A pleasant, attractive leading lady, Cathy Downs was an "outdoors type" who worked as a model before she became a Fox contract player in 1944. In the late 1940s she was being groomed for major success -- e.g., she played the title role in John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946) -- but most of her subsequent movie roles were in low-budget westerns, action and horror pictures. She was married to Joe Kirkwood Jr., an actor and producer who played Joe Palooka in a series of low-budget 1940-'50s films. They acted together in a short-lived TV series The Joe Palooka Story (1954). She is well-regarded in science-fiction fan circles as a memorable heroine of 1950s sci-fi flicks.
BornMarch 3, 1926
DiedDecember 8, 1976(50)
BornMarch 3, 1926
DiedDecember 8, 1976(50)
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Cathy Downs in My Darling Clementine (1946)
Cathy Downs and Glenn Langan in The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
Henry Fonda and Cathy Downs in My Darling Clementine (1946)
Henry Fonda and Cathy Downs in My Darling Clementine (1946)
Cathy Downs and Richard Travis in Missile to the Moon (1958)
Cathy Downs in Missile to the Moon (1958)
Gary Clarke, Tommy Cook, and Cathy Downs in Missile to the Moon (1958)
Rod Cameron and Cathy Downs in Panhandle (1948)
Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, and Anne Gwynne in Panhandle (1948)
Cathy Downs in Short Grass (1950)
Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, and Raymond Walburn in Short Grass (1950)
Rod Cameron and Cathy Downs in Short Grass (1950)

Known for

Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, and Victor Mature in My Darling Clementine (1946)
My Darling Clementine
7.7
  • Clementine Carter
  • 1946
Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
The Dark Corner
7.1
  • Mari Cathcart
  • 1946
For You I Die (1947)
For You I Die
6.0
  • Hope Novak
  • 1947
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
3.6
  • Lois King
  • 1955

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Actress

  • Bob Terry in The Forsaken Westerns (2017)
    The Forsaken Westerns
  • This Is the Life (1952)
    This Is the Life
  • Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
  • Diane McBain and Van Williams in Surfside 6 (1960)
    Surfside 6
  • Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, and Sheb Wooley in Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
  • Henry Fonda and Gene Barry in Bat Masterson (1958)
    Bat Masterson
  • Pat Conway in Tombstone Territory (1957)
    Tombstone Territory
  • Flight (1958)
    Flight
  • Missile to the Moon (1958)
    Missile to the Moon
  • Michael Ansara and John Lupton in Broken Arrow (1956)
    Broken Arrow
  • Cathy Downs and Glenn Langan in The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
    The Amazing Colossal Man
  • Curfew Breakers (1957)
    Curfew Breakers
  • Matinee Theatre (1955)
    Matinee Theatre
  • Soldiers of Fortune (1955)
    Soldiers of Fortune
  • Marla English in The She-Creature (1956)
    The She-Creature

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Personal details

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    • March 3, 1926
    • Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, USA
    • December 8, 1976
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
    • July 16, 1956 - July 29, 1963 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Television: Appeared as Herself on "Erskine Johnson's Hollywood Reel".

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    Her ex-husband, Joe Kirkwood Jr., had been out of touch with Cathy for years when he found out she was in dire financial circumstances. He was drawing up a trust fund for her in 1976 when he learned that she had died.

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