Cara Williams
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday29 June 1925
Died9 December 2021 (age 96)
Place of birthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Known credits38
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cara Williams was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Billy's Mother in The Defiant Ones (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and for her role as Gladys Porter on the television series Pete and Gladys, which ran from 1960-1962 and for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy.
The One Man Jury
1978 · Nancy
The White Buffalo
1977 · Cassie Ollinger
Rhoda
1974
Doctors' Wives
1971 · Maggie Gray
Medical Center
1969 · Sheila Ruskin
The Cara Williams Show
1964 · Cara Wilton/Bridges
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963 · Sugar Pye
Pete and Gladys
1960 · Gladys Porter
Never Steal Anything Small
1959 · Winnipeg Simmons
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Midge Rospond
Naked City
1958 · Lois Heller
The Defiant Ones
1958 · Billy's mother
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Dolly Evans
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Irene West
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 · Kelly Donavan
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Mona Cameron
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Irene Rankin
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Mona Carstairs
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Marie Jensen
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954 · Maggie Drumman
The Girl Next Door
1953 · Rosie Green
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Raggedy Ann
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Clara Appleby
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Paula
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Knock on Any Door
1949 · Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
Suspense
1949 · Nellie
Suspense
1949 · Myra Wilson
Suspense
1949 · Betty Marshall
Suspense
1949 · Babe
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Saxon Charm
1948 · Dolly Humber
Sitting Pretty
1948 · Secretary (uncredited)
Boomerang!
1947 · Irene Nelson
The Spider
1945 · Wanda Vann
Don Juan Quilligan
1945 · Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
Something for the Boys
1944 · Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
Laura
1944 · Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
In the Meantime, Darling
1944 · Ruby Mae Sayre
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter
Happy Land
1943 · Gretchen Barry
Girls' Town
1942 · Ethel
Wide Open Town
1941 · Joan Stuart
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