Cara Williams
Jun 29, 1925 - Dec 09, 2021 (96 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Irene West
Pete and Gladys
Gladys Porter
Suspense
Nellie
The Oscars
Self
Credits
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The One Man Jury 1978Nancy★ 5.4 -
The White Buffalo 1977Cassie Ollinger★ 5.9 -
Rhoda 1974★ 6.2 -
Doctors' Wives 1971Maggie Gray★ 5 -
Medical Center 1969★ 6.1 -
Cara Wilton/Bridges★ 5 -
Sugar Pye★ 5 -
Pete and Gladys 1960Gladys Porter★ 6.5 -
Winnipeg Simmons★ 8 -
★ 5.8 -
Naked City 1958Lois Heller★ 5.5 -
The Defiant Ones 1958Billy's mother★ 7.1 -
Dolly Evans★ 5.3 -
Irene West★ 5.5 -
Meet Me in Las Vegas 1956Kelly Donavan★ 4.5 -
Matinee Theater 1955★ 5 -
Mona Cameron★ 7.7 -
Maggie Drumman★ NR -
The Girl Next Door 1953Rosie Green★ 4 -
The Oscars 1953Self★ 7.1 -
Lux Video Theatre 1950Paula★ 6.3 -
★ 5.6 -
Knock on Any Door 1949Nelly Watkins (uncredited)★ 6.1 -
Suspense 1949Nellie★ 4.9 -
★ 6.3 -
The Saxon Charm 1948Dolly Humber★ 4.3 -
Sitting Pretty 1948Secretary (uncredited)★ 7.2 -
Boomerang! 1947Irene Nelson★ 7 -
The Spider 1945Wanda Vann★ 5.3 -
Don Juan Quilligan 1945Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl★ 6 -
Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)★ 6.2 -
Laura 1944Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)★ 7.6 -
Ruby Mae Sayre★ 5 -
Happy Land 1943Gretchen Barry★ 6.2 -
Girls' Town 1942Ethel★ NR -
Wide Open Town 1941Joan Stuart★ NR