Actor profile

Cara Williams

29th June 1925 Brooklyn, New York, USA 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.

22 Movies 22 TV Shows 45 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The One Man Jury poster

The One Man Jury 29th September 1978 as Nancy

The White Buffalo poster

The White Buffalo 1st May 1977 as Cassie Ollinger

Doctors' Wives poster

Doctors' Wives 3rd February 1971 as Maggie Gray

The Man from the Diners' Club poster

The Man from the Diners' Club 17th April 1963 as Sugar Pye

Never Steal Anything Small poster

Never Steal Anything Small 11th February 1959 as Winnipeg Simmons

The Defiant Ones poster

The Defiant Ones 14th August 1958 as Billy's mother

The Helen Morgan Story poster

The Helen Morgan Story 2nd October 1957 as Dolly Evans

Meet Me in Las Vegas poster

Meet Me in Las Vegas 9th March 1956 as Kelly Donavan

The Great Diamond Robbery poster

The Great Diamond Robbery 29th January 1954 as Maggie Drumman

The Girl Next Door poster

The Girl Next Door 13th May 1953 as Rosie Green

Knock on Any Door poster

Knock on Any Door 22nd February 1949 as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)

The Saxon Charm poster

The Saxon Charm 28th September 1948 as Dolly Humber

Sitting Pretty poster

Sitting Pretty 10th March 1948 as Secretary (uncredited)

Boomerang! poster

Boomerang! 28th February 1947 as Irene Nelson

The Spider poster

The Spider 1st December 1945 as Wanda Vann

Don Juan Quilligan poster

Don Juan Quilligan 1st June 1945 as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl

Something for the Boys poster

Something for the Boys 1st November 1944 as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)

Laura poster

Laura 11th October 1944 as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)

In the Meantime, Darling poster

In the Meantime, Darling 22nd September 1944 as Ruby Mae Sayre

Happy Land poster

Happy Land 10th November 1943 as Gretchen Barry

Girls' Town poster

Girls' Town 6th March 1942 as Ethel

Wide Open Town poster

Wide Open Town 8th August 1941 as Joan Stuart

Rhoda poster

Rhoda 9th September 1974

Medical Center poster

Medical Center 24th September 1969 as Sheila Ruskin

The Cara Williams Show poster

The Cara Williams Show 23rd September 1964 as Cara Wilton/Bridges

Pete and Gladys poster

Pete and Gladys 19th September 1960 as Gladys Porter

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 6th October 1958 as Midge Rospond

Naked City poster

Naked City 30th September 1958 as Lois Heller

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 5th October 1956 as Irene West

Matinee Theater poster

Matinee Theater 31st October 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 2nd October 1955 as Mona Cameron

Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 2nd October 1955 as Irene Rankin

Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 2nd October 1955 as Mona Carstairs

Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 2nd October 1955 as Marie Jensen

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self

The Red Skelton Show poster

The Red Skelton Show 30th September 1951 as Raggedy Ann

The Red Skelton Show poster

The Red Skelton Show 30th September 1951 as Clara Appleby

Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents 30th January 1950

Suspense poster

Suspense 6th January 1949 as Nellie

Suspense poster

Suspense 6th January 1949 as Babe

Suspense poster

Suspense 6th January 1949 as Betty Marshall

Suspense poster

Suspense 6th January 1949 as Myra Wilson

The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse 3rd October 1948

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Presenter