Cara Williams

Actor

Born June 29, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died December 9, 2021.

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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.

Acting

The One Man Jury
Film, 1978
as Nancy
The White Buffalo
Film, 1977
as Cassie Ollinger
Rhoda
TV series, 1974
2 episodes
Doctors' Wives
Film, 1971
as Maggie Gray
Medical Center
TV series, 1969
as Sheila Ruskin
The Cara Williams Show
TV series, 1964
as Cara Wilton/Bridges
The Man from the Diners' Club
Film, 1963
as Sugar Pye
Pete and Gladys
TV series, 1960
as Gladys Porter
Never Steal Anything Small
Film, 1959
as Winnipeg Simmons
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV series, 1958
as Midge Rospond
Naked City
TV series, 1958
as Lois Heller
The Defiant Ones
Film, 1958
as Billy's mother
The Helen Morgan Story
Film, 1957
as Dolly Evans
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV series, 1956
as Irene West
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Film, 1956
as Kelly Donavan
Matinee Theater
TV series, 1955
1 episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV series, 1955
as Mona Cameron
The Great Diamond Robbery
Film, 1954
as Maggie Drumman
The Girl Next Door
Film, 1953
as Rosie Green
Lux Video Theatre
TV series, 1950
as Paula
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV series, 1950
1 episode
Knock on Any Door
Film, 1949
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
Suspense
TV series, 1949
as Nellie
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV series, 1948
1 episode
The Saxon Charm
Film, 1948
as Dolly Humber
Sitting Pretty
Film, 1948
as Secretary (uncredited)
Boomerang!
Film, 1947
as Irene Nelson
The Spider
Film, 1945
as Wanda Vann
Don Juan Quilligan
Film, 1945
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
Something for the Boys
Film, 1944
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)