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