Cara Williams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 29, 1925
- Died
- December 9, 2021 (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
The One Man Jury
Movie · as Nancy
The White Buffalo
Movie · as Cassie Ollinger
Rhoda
TV · 2 eps
Doctors' Wives
Movie · as Maggie Gray
Medical Center
TV · as Sheila Ruskin · 1 ep
The Cara Williams Show
TV · as Cara Wilton/Bridges · 30 eps
The Man from the Diners' Club
Movie · as Sugar Pye
Pete and Gladys
TV · as Gladys Porter · 72 eps
Never Steal Anything Small
Movie · as Winnipeg Simmons
The Defiant Ones
Movie · as Billy's mother
Naked City
TV · as Lois Heller · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · as Midge Rospond · 1 ep
The Helen Morgan Story
Movie · as Dolly Evans
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Movie · as Kelly Donavan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Irene West · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Mona Cameron, Irene Rankin, Mona Carstairs, Marie Jensen · 1 ep
Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep
The Great Diamond Robbery
Movie · as Maggie Drumman
The Girl Next Door
Movie · as Rosie Green
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Raggedy Ann, Clara Appleby · 2 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Paula · 1 ep
Knock on Any Door
Movie · as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
Suspense
TV · as Nellie, Babe, Betty Marshall, Myra Wilson · 1 ep
Sitting Pretty
Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)
The Saxon Charm
Movie · as Dolly Humber
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Boomerang!
Movie · as Irene Nelson
The Spider
Movie · as Wanda Vann
Don Juan Quilligan
Movie · as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
Something for the Boys
Movie · as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
Laura
Movie · as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
In the Meantime, Darling
Movie · as Ruby Mae Sayre
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Happy Land
Movie · as Gretchen Barry
Girls' Town
Movie · as Ethel
Wide Open Town
Movie · as Joan Stuart