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Catherine N. Downs [1] (March 3, 1926 – December 8, 1976) was an American film actress. Biography. Downs was born in Port Jefferson, New York. She was the daughter of James Nelson Downs and Edna Elizabeth Newman. [2] A model for the Walter Thornton Agency, [3] she was brought to Hollywood in 1944 by a 20th Century Fox talent scout. [4] .
Cathy Downs was a Fox contract player and a leading lady in westerns, action and horror movies in the 1940s and 1950s. She also appeared in TV shows and sci-fi classics like The Amazing Colossal Man and Missile to the Moon.
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Cathy Downs was a Fox contract player and a leading lady in John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946). She later starred in low-budget westerns, action and horror films, and was married to Joe Kirkwood Jr.
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Cathy Downs was an American film actress who starred in My Darling Clementine, The Amazing Colossal Man, and Missile to the Moon. She also appeared in several TV shows and had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Jan 13, 2022 · Following the success of My Darling Clementine, Downs was cast in a prison drama For You I Die , an Abbott and Costello comedy The Noose Hangs High, and several Western films. Catherine N. Downs...
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Find the location of Cathy Downs's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, read a biography, see related stars and browse a map of important places in their career.
A pretty, athletic leading lady with a refreshing down-to-earth quality, Cathy Downs worked as a model before signing a 20th Century-Fox contract in 1944. She was co-starred in several major Fox productions of the postwar years, and played the title role in John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946).
