Cara Williams

Known for: Acting

Born: 1925-06-29 – 2021-12-09 (aged 96)

From: Brooklyn, New York, USA

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.

Filmography (38)

MOVIE★ 5.4
The One Man Jury
1978
as Nancy
MOVIE★ 6.0
The White Buffalo
1977
as Cassie Ollinger
TV★ 6.3
Rhoda
1974
MOVIE★ 5.0
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Maggie Gray
TV★ 6.4
Medical Center
1969
as Sheila Ruskin
TV★ 6.5
The Cara Williams Show
1964
as Cara Wilton/Bridges
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
as Sugar Pye
TV★ 6.3
Pete and Gladys
1960
as Gladys Porter
MOVIE★ 8.2
Never Steal Anything Small
1959
as Winnipeg Simmons
TV★ 6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Midge Rospond
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Lois Heller
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Billy's mother
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Dolly Evans
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Irene West
MOVIE★ 4.5
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
as Kelly Donavan
TV★ 5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
TV★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mona Cameron
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
as Maggie Drumman
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Girl Next Door
1953
as Rosie Green
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Raggedy Ann
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Paula
TV★ 6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
MOVIE★ 6.2
Knock on Any Door
1949
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
TV★ 5.1
Suspense
1949
as Nellie
TV★ 6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Saxon Charm
1948
as Dolly Humber
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Secretary (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Boomerang!
1947
as Irene Nelson
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Spider
1945
as Wanda Vann
MOVIE★ 7.0
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
MOVIE★ 6.5
Something for the Boys
1944
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.6
Laura
1944
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
as Ruby Mae Sayre
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE★ 7.1
Happy Land
1943
as Gretchen Barry
MOVIE★ 10.0
Girls' Town
1942
as Ethel
MOVIE★ 6.5
Wide Open Town
1941
as Joan Stuart