Cara Williams
Acting
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.
Born: June 29, 1925 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Filmography (27)
The One Man Jury
1978
Actor: Nancy
The White Buffalo
1977
Actor: Cassie Ollinger
TV
Rhoda
1974
Actor
Doctors' Wives
1971
Actor: Maggie Gray
TV
Medical Center
1969
Actor
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
Actor: Sugar Pye
TV
Pete and Gladys
1960
Actor: Gladys Porter
TV
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Actor: Midge Rospond
TV
Naked City
1958
Actor: Lois Heller
The Defiant Ones
1958
Actor: Billy's mother
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
Actor: Dolly Evans
TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Actor: Irene West
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
Actor: Kelly Donavan
TV
Matinee Theater
1955
Actor
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Actor: Mona CameronActor: Irene Rankin+2
TV
The Oscars
1953
Actor
TV
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Actor: Raggedy AnnActor: Clara Appleby
TV
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Actor
Knock on Any Door
1949
Actor: Nelly Watkins (unc…
TV
Suspense
1949
Actor: NellieActor: Myra Wilson+2
TV
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Actor
Sitting Pretty
1948
Actor: Secretary (uncredi…
Boomerang!
1947
Actor: Irene Nelson
The Spider
1945
Actor: Wanda Vann
Something for the Boys
1944
Actor: Calhoun's Secretar…
Laura
1944
Actor: Advertising Agency…
TV
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Actor: Self - Presenter