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