Cara Williams
June 29, 1925 (99 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1978 · The One Man Jury as Nancy
- 1977 · The White Buffalo as Cassie Ollinger
- 1974 · Rhoda as
- 1971 · Doctors' Wives as Maggie Gray
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1964 · The Cara Williams Show as Cara Wilton/Bridges
- 1963 · The Man from the Diners' Club as Sugar Pye
- 1960 · Pete and Gladys as Gladys Porter
- 1959 · Never Steal Anything Small as Winnipeg Simmons
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · Naked City as Lois Heller
- 1958 · The Defiant Ones as Billy's mother
- 1957 · The Helen Morgan Story as Dolly Evans
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Irene West
- 1956 · Meet Me in Las Vegas as Kelly Donavan
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mona Cameron
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Irene Rankin
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mona Carstairs
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Marie Jensen
- 1954 · The Great Diamond Robbery as Maggie Drumman
- 1953 · The Girl Next Door as Rosie Green
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · The Red Skelton Show as Raggedy Ann
- 1951 · The Red Skelton Show as Clara Appleby
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Paula
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as
- 1949 · Knock on Any Door as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
- 1949 · Suspense as Nellie
- 1949 · Suspense as Myra Wilson
- 1949 · Suspense as Betty Marshall
- 1949 · Suspense as Babe
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1948 · The Saxon Charm as Dolly Humber
- 1948 · Sitting Pretty as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1947 · Boomerang! as Irene Nelson
- 1945 · The Spider as Wanda Vann
- 1945 · Don Juan Quilligan as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
- 1944 · Something for the Boys as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1944 · Laura as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
- 1944 · In the Meantime, Darling as Ruby Mae Sayre
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1943 · Happy Land as Gretchen Barry
- 1942 · Girls' Town as Ethel
- 1941 · Wide Open Town as Joan Stuart