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