Portrait of Cara Williams

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.

Born: June 29, 1925

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Filmography

1978
1977
The White Buffalo

as Cassie Ollinger

1974
1971
Doctors' Wives

as Maggie Gray

1964
The Cara Williams Show

as Cara Wilton/Bridges

1960
Pete and Gladys

as Gladys Porter

1959
Never Steal Anything Small

as Winnipeg Simmons

1958
1958
Naked City

as Lois Heller

1958
The Defiant Ones

as Billy's mother

1957
1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas

as Kelly Donavan

1955
1955
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mona Carstairs

1955
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

1949
Knock on Any Door

as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)

1949
Suspense

as Nellie

1949
Suspense

as Babe

1949
Suspense

as Betty Marshall

1949
Suspense

as Myra Wilson

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
Laura

as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)

1944
Something for the Boys

as Calhoun's Secretary (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