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