Cara Williams
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1925-06-29 – 2021-12-09
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
The Defiant Ones
1958Billy's mother
Something for the Boys
1944Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
The Spider
1945Wanda Vann
Boomerang!
1947Irene Nelson
The Helen Morgan Story
1957Dolly Evans
Knock on Any Door
1949Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956Kelly Donavan
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963Sugar Pye
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954Maggie Drumman
Doctors' Wives
1971Maggie Gray
The One Man Jury
1978Nancy
Never Steal Anything Small
1959Winnipeg Simmons
Happy Land
1943Gretchen Barry
Girls' Town
1942Ethel
Laura
1944Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
The White Buffalo
1977Cassie Ollinger
Sitting Pretty
1948Secretary (uncredited)
The Girl Next Door
1953Rosie Green
Wide Open Town
1941Joan Stuart