Cara Williams
Acting
Born: 1925-06-29 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
The Red Skelton Show
Raggedy Ann
The Red Skelton Show
Clara Appleby
Robert Montgomery Presents
Matinee Theater
Suspense
Nellie
Suspense
Babe
Suspense
Betty Marshall
Suspense
Myra Wilson
The Philco Television Playhouse
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Irene West
Naked City
Lois Heller
Medical Center
Sheila Ruskin
Rhoda
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mona Cameron
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Irene Rankin
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mona Carstairs
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Marie Jensen
The Oscars
Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Midge Rospond
Pete and Gladys
Gladys Porter
Laura
Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
The Defiant Ones
Billy's mother
The Cara Williams Show
Cara Wilton/Bridges
The White Buffalo
Cassie Ollinger
Sitting Pretty
Secretary (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door
Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
Doctors' Wives
Maggie Gray
The Helen Morgan Story
Dolly Evans
The Man from the Diners' Club
Sugar Pye
The Great Diamond Robbery
Maggie Drumman
Boomerang!
Irene Nelson
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Kelly Donavan
The Spider
Wanda Vann
Something for the Boys
Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
The Girl Next Door
Rosie Green
Don Juan Quilligan
Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
Never Steal Anything Small
Winnipeg Simmons
The One Man Jury
Nancy