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Actor
Cara Williams
- Born June 29, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died December 9, 2021
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
Laura1944
The Defiant Ones1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955
The White Buffalo1977
Boomerang!1947
Knock on Any Door1949
Sitting Pretty1948
Rhoda1974
Filmography
- 1978The One Man JuryFilmNancy
- 1977The White BuffaloFilmCassie Ollinger
- 1974RhodaSeries
- 1971Doctors' WivesFilmMaggie Gray
- 1969Medical CenterSeriesSheila Ruskin
- 1964The Cara Williams ShowSeriesCara Wilton/Bridges
- 1963The Man from the Diners' ClubFilmSugar Pye
- 1960Pete and GladysSeriesGladys Porter
- 1959Never Steal Anything SmallFilmWinnipeg Simmons
- 1958The Defiant OnesFilmBilly's mother
- 1958Naked CitySeriesLois Heller
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeriesMidge Rospond
- 1957The Helen Morgan StoryFilmDolly Evans
- 1956Meet Me in Las VegasFilmKelly Donavan
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeriesIrene West
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeriesMona Cameron, Irene Rankin, Mona Carstairs, Marie Jensen
- 1955Matinee TheaterSeries
- 1954The Great Diamond RobberyFilmMaggie Drumman
- 1953The OscarsSeriesSelf
- 1953The Girl Next DoorFilmRosie Green
- 1951The Red Skelton ShowSeriesClara Appleby, Raggedy Ann
- 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries
- 1950Lux Video TheatreSeriesPaula
- 1949Knock on Any DoorFilmNelly Watkins (uncredited)
- 1949SuspenseSeriesNellie, Betty Marshall, Babe, Myra Wilson
- 1948Sitting PrettyFilmSecretary (uncredited)
- 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries
- 1948The Saxon CharmFilmDolly Humber
- 1947Boomerang!FilmIrene Nelson
- 1945The SpiderFilmWanda Vann
- 1945Don Juan QuilliganFilmFifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
- 1944LauraFilmAdvertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 1944Something for the BoysFilmCalhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1944In the Meantime, DarlingFilmRuby Mae Sayre
- 1943Happy LandFilmGretchen Barry
- 1942Girls' TownFilmEthel
- 1941Wide Open TownFilmJoan Stuart