Cara Williams
Acting
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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Movies (22)
The One Man Jury1978Nancy
The White Buffalo1977Cassie Ollinger
Doctors' Wives1971Maggie Gray
The Man from the Diners' Club1963Sugar Pye
Never Steal Anything Small1959Winnipeg Simmons
The Defiant Ones1958Billy's mother
The Helen Morgan Story1957Dolly Evans
Meet Me in Las Vegas1956Kelly Donavan
The Great Diamond Robbery1954Maggie Drumman
The Girl Next Door1953Rosie Green
Knock on Any Door1949Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
The Saxon Charm1948Dolly Humber
Sitting Pretty1948Secretary (uncredited)
Boomerang!1947Irene Nelson
The Spider1945Wanda Vann
Don Juan Quilligan1945Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
Something for the Boys1944Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
Laura1944Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
In the Meantime, Darling1944Ruby Mae Sayre
Happy Land1943Gretchen Barry
Girls' Town1942Ethel
Wide Open Town1941Joan Stuart
Shows (16)
Rhoda1974
Medical Center1969Sheila Ruskin
The Cara Williams Show1964Cara Wilton/Bridges
Pete and Gladys1960Gladys Porter
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958Midge Rospond
Naked City1958Lois Heller
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956Irene West
Matinee Theater1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955Mona Cameron
The Oscars1953Self
The Red Skelton Show1951Clara Appleby- Lux Video Theatre1950Paula
Robert Montgomery Presents1950
Suspense1949Nellie
The Philco Television Playhouse1948
Golden Globe Awards1944Self - Presenter