Cara Williams
Known for Acting · 38 credits
- Born
- 1925-06-29
- Died
- 2021-12-09
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Bernice Kamiat
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
TV Shows (16)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Matinee Theater
1955
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Naked City
1958
as Lois Heller
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Irene West
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Raggedy Ann / Clara Appleby
Medical Center
1969
as Sheila Ruskin
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Rhoda
1974
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mona Cameron / Irene Rankin / Mona Carstairs / Marie Jensen
Suspense
1949
as Nellie / Babe / Betty Marshall / Myra Wilson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Midge Rospond
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Paula
Pete and Gladys
1960
as Gladys Porter
The Cara Williams Show
1964
as Cara Wilton/Bridges
Movies (22)
Laura
1944
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
The White Buffalo
1977
as Cassie Ollinger
Boomerang!
1947
as Irene Nelson
Happy Land
1943
as Gretchen Barry
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Billy's mother
Never Steal Anything Small
1959
as Winnipeg Simmons
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Dolly Evans
Knock on Any Door
1949
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Maggie Gray
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
as Kelly Donavan
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Secretary (uncredited)
The One Man Jury
1978
as Nancy
Wide Open Town
1941
as Joan Stuart
The Girl Next Door
1953
as Rosie Green
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
as Sugar Pye
Something for the Boys
1944
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
as Maggie Drumman
The Saxon Charm
1948
as Dolly Humber
The Spider
1945
as Wanda Vann
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
as Ruby Mae Sayre
Girls' Town
1942
as Ethel
About Cara Williams
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. With 38 credits spanning from 1941 to 1978, Cara Williams has appeared in 22 films and 16 TV shows.
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Most Popular Cara Williams Movies
- Laura (1944) — as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
- The White Buffalo (1977) — as Cassie Ollinger
- Boomerang! (1947) — as Irene Nelson
- Happy Land (1943) — as Gretchen Barry
- The Defiant Ones (1958) — as Billy's mother
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