Cara Williams
Biography
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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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Known For
Acting History
1978
The One Man Jury as Nancy
1977The White Buffalo as Cassie Ollinger
1974Rhoda
1971Doctors' Wives as Maggie Gray
1969Medical Center
1964The Cara Williams Show as Cara Wilton/Bridges
1963The Man from the Diners' Club as Sugar Pye
1960Pete and Gladys as Gladys Porter
1959Never Steal Anything Small as Winnipeg Simmons
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Midge Rospond
1958Naked City as Lois Heller
1958The Defiant Ones as Billy's mother
1957The Helen Morgan Story as Dolly Evans
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Irene West
1956Meet Me in Las Vegas as Kelly Donavan
1955Matinee Theater
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mona Cameron
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Irene Rankin
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mona Carstairs
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Marie Jensen
1954The Great Diamond Robbery as Maggie Drumman
1953The Girl Next Door as Rosie Green
1953The Oscars as Self
1951The Red Skelton Show as Raggedy Ann
1951The Red Skelton Show as Clara Appleby
1950Lux Video Theatre as Paula
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
1949Knock on Any Door as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
1949Suspense as Nellie
1949Suspense as Myra Wilson
1949Suspense as Betty Marshall
1949Suspense as Babe
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1948The Saxon Charm as Dolly Humber
1948Sitting Pretty as Secretary (uncredited)
1947Boomerang! as Irene Nelson
1945The Spider as Wanda Vann
1945Don Juan Quilligan as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
1944Laura as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
1944Something for the Boys as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
1944In the Meantime, Darling as Ruby Mae Sayre
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1943Happy Land as Gretchen Barry
1942Girls' Town as Ethel
1941Wide Open Town as Joan Stuart