---
name: "Cathy Downs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cathy-downs"
fi1m_id: "cathy-downs"
imdb_id: "nm0236157"
tmdb_id: 30291
wikidata_id: "Q458261"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 March 1926"
died: "8 December 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:05:47.563102+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cathy Downs

## Identity

Cathy Downs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cathy-downs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cathy-downs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0236157
- **TMDB ID:** 30291
- **Wikidata ID:** Q458261
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Downs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458261, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30291

Actor. Born 3 March 1926 in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, USA. Died 8 December 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 March 1926, Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Died:** 8 December 1976
- **Also known as:** Catherine N. Downs
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Downs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458261, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30291

## Biography

Cathy Downs was an American actress. A former model, she was signed by 20th Century Fox in 1944 and made her film debut in small roles in *State Fair* (1945) and *The Dolly Sisters* (1945). She played the title role of Clementine Carter in John Ford's *My Darling Clementine* (1946) and appeared as Mari Cathcart in *The Dark Corner* (1946).

Following her early studio work, Downs appeared in a series of lower-budget westerns and other films in the late 1940s and 1950s, including *For You I Die* (1947), *The Noose Hangs High* (1948) and science-fiction pictures such as *The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues* (1955) and *The Amazing Colossal Man* (1957). She worked sporadically in television, with guest roles including an episode of *Perry Mason* (1957). Downs died in Los Angeles in 1976.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Darling Clementine* (1946), Fi1m 88, as Clementine Carter — [page](https://film.one/film/my-darling-clementine.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Surfside 6* (1960), series, Actor
- *Missile to the Moon* (1958), as June Saxton
- *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Amelia Roberts, Julie Giles
- *The Amazing Colossal Man* (1957), as Carol Forrest
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Millicent Barton aka Millicent Barton Tolliver
- *Curfew Breakers* (1957), as Mrs. Bowman
- *The She-Creature* (1956), as Dorothy Chappel
- *Kentucky Rifle* (1956), as Amy Connors
- *The Oklahoma Woman* (1956), as Susan Grant
- *The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues* (1955), as Lois King
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Big Tip Off* (1955), as Sister Mary Joan of Arc
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Dr. Eve Saunders
- *The Whistler* (1954), series, Actor
- *The Joe Palooka Story* (1954), series, as Ann Howe, Anne Howe
- *The Flaming Urge* (1953), as Charlotte Cruickshank
- *Bandits of the West* (1953), as Joanne Collier
- *Mr. & Mrs. North* (1952), series, Actor
- *Gobs and Gals* (1952), as Betty Lou Prentice
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Calanthe
- *Triple Cross* (1951), as Anne Howe
- *Racket Squad* (1951), series, Actor
- *Short Grass* (1950), as Sharon Lynch
- *The Sundowners* (1950), as Kathleen Boyce
- *Massacre River* (1949), as Kitty Reid
- *The Noose Hangs High* (1948), as Carol Blair
- *Panhandle* (1948), as Jean 'Dusty' Stewart
- *For You I Die* (1947), as Hope Novak
- *My Darling Clementine* (1946), as Clementine Carter — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/my-darling-clementine.md)
- *The Dark Corner* (1946), as Mari Cathcart

## Gallery

- ![Actress Cathy Downs (left) modeling evening gowns with unidentified woman](https://film.one/media/person/3860791/gallery-98387deaab22.jpg) Actress Cathy Downs (left) modeling evening gowns with unidentified woman — Los Angeles Daily News, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Cathy_Downs_modeling_evening_gowns.jpg/1280px-Cathy_Downs_modeling_evening_gowns.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cathy Downs](https://film.one/media/person/3860791/gallery-f7b72909a3e7.jpg) Cathy Downs — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Cathy_downs_dark_corner.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cathy Downs](https://film.one/media/person/3860791/gallery-1f420c4bc613.jpg) Cathy Downs — Image via TMDB
- ![Cathy Downs](https://film.one/media/person/3860791/gallery-8845d30fd68a.jpg) Cathy Downs — Image via TMDB

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