Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 29, 1925
Died
Dec 09, 2021
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Credits
38 titles
Cara Williams
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.
Known For
Filmography
The One Man Jury
Nancy
The White Buffalo
Cassie Ollinger
Rhoda
Doctors' Wives
Maggie Gray
Medical Center
Sheila Ruskin
The Cara Williams Show
Cara Wilton/Bridges
The Man from the Diners' Club
Sugar Pye
Pete and Gladys
Gladys Porter
Never Steal Anything Small
Winnipeg Simmons
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Midge Rospond
Naked City
Lois Heller
The Defiant Ones
Billy's mother
The Helen Morgan Story
Dolly Evans
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Irene West
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Kelly Donavan
Matinee Theater
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mona Cameron
The Great Diamond Robbery
Maggie Drumman
The Girl Next Door
Rosie Green
The Oscars
Self
The Red Skelton Show
Clara Appleby
Lux Video Theatre
Paula
Robert Montgomery Presents
Knock on Any Door
Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
Suspense
Nellie
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Saxon Charm
Dolly Humber
Sitting Pretty
Secretary (uncredited)
Boomerang!
Irene Nelson
The Spider
Wanda Vann
Don Juan Quilligan
Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
Something for the Boys
Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
Laura
Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
In the Meantime, Darling
Ruby Mae Sayre
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Happy Land
Gretchen Barry
Girls' Town
Ethel
Wide Open Town
Joan Stuart