Cara Williams

Born: 1925-06-29, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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

• Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
• Suspense (1949)
• The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
• Rhoda (1974)
• Medical Center (1969)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
• The White Buffalo (1977)
• Laura (1944)
• Knock on Any Door (1949)
• Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
• Boomerang! (1947)
• Sitting Pretty (1948)
• Doctors' Wives (1971)
• The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
• The Man from the Diners' Club (1963)
• In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
• The One Man Jury (1978)
• Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
• The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)
• Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
• Girls' Town (1942)
• Wide Open Town (1941)
• Something for the Boys (1944)
• The Saxon Charm (1948)
• Happy Land (1943)