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