My Darling Clementine
Downs began her film career with small roles in "State Fair" (1945) and "The Dolly Sisters" (1945). In 1946, she played the title role in "My Darling Clementine" and Clifton Webb's unfaithful wife in "The Dark Corner". Following the success of "My Darling Clementine", Downs was cast in a prison drama "For You I Die" (1947), an Abbott and Costello comedy "The Noose Hangs High", and several Western films.