Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Born June 29, 1925
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.
MovieThe One Man Jury
1978
as Nancy
MovieThe White Buffalo
1977
as Cassie Ollinger
TVRhoda
1974
MovieDoctors' Wives
1971
as Maggie Gray
TVMedical Center
1969
as Sheila Ruskin
TVThe Cara Williams Show
1964
as Cara Wilton/Bridges
MovieThe Man from the Diners' Club
1963
as Sugar Pye
TVPete and Gladys
1960
as Gladys Porter
MovieNever Steal Anything Small
1959
as Winnipeg Simmons
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Midge Rospond
TVNaked City
1958
as Lois Heller
MovieThe Defiant Ones
1958
as Billy's mother
MovieThe Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Dolly Evans
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Irene West
MovieMeet Me in Las Vegas
1956
as Kelly Donavan
TVMatinee Theater
1955
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mona Cameron
MovieThe Great Diamond Robbery
1954
as Maggie Drumman
MovieThe Girl Next Door
1953
as Rosie Green
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVThe Red Skelton Show
1951
as Raggedy Ann
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Paula
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
MovieKnock on Any Door
1949
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
TVSuspense
1949
as Nellie
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
MovieThe Saxon Charm
1948
as Dolly Humber
MovieSitting Pretty
1948
as Secretary (uncredited)
MovieBoomerang!
1947
as Irene Nelson
MovieThe Spider
1945
as Wanda Vann
MovieDon Juan Quilligan
1945
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
MovieSomething for the Boys
1944
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieLaura
1944
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
MovieIn the Meantime, Darling
1944
as Ruby Mae Sayre
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
MovieHappy Land
1943
as Gretchen Barry
MovieGirls' Town
1942
as Ethel
MovieWide Open Town
1941
as Joan Stuart
