Cara Williams
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1925-06-29
Day of Death
2021-12-09 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Cara Williams
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.
Acting
(1978)
The One Man Jury
as Nancy
(1977)
The White Buffalo
as Cassie Ollinger
(1971)
Doctors' Wives
as Maggie Gray
(1963)
The Man from the Diners' Club
as Sugar Pye
(1959)
Never Steal Anything Small
as Winnipeg Simmons
(1958)
The Defiant Ones
as Billy's mother
(1957)
The Helen Morgan Story
as Dolly Evans
(1956)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Kelly Donavan
(1954)
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Maggie Drumman
(1953)
The Girl Next Door
as Rosie Green
(1949)
Knock on Any Door
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
(1948)
Sitting Pretty
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1948)
The Saxon Charm
as Dolly Humber
(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
(1943)
Happy Land
as Gretchen Barry
(1942)
Girls' Town
as Ethel
(1941)
Wide Open Town
as Joan Stuart