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Cara Williams

Cara Williams

Born: 1925-06-29 • 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.

Filmography
The One Man Jury poster
The One Man Jury
1978 • Nancy
The White Buffalo poster
The White Buffalo
1977 • Cassie Ollinger
Doctors' Wives poster
Doctors' Wives
1971 • Maggie Gray
The Man from the Diners' Club poster
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963 • Sugar Pye
Never Steal Anything Small poster
Never Steal Anything Small
1959 • Winnipeg Simmons
The Defiant Ones poster
The Defiant Ones
1958 • Billy's mother
The Helen Morgan Story poster
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 • Dolly Evans
Meet Me in Las Vegas poster
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 • Kelly Donavan
The Great Diamond Robbery poster
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954 • Maggie Drumman
The Girl Next Door poster
The Girl Next Door
1953 • Rosie Green
Knock on Any Door poster
Knock on Any Door
1949 • Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
The Saxon Charm poster
The Saxon Charm
1948 • Dolly Humber
Sitting Pretty poster
Sitting Pretty
1948 • Secretary (uncredited)
Boomerang! poster
Boomerang!
1947 • Irene Nelson
The Spider poster
The Spider
1945 • Wanda Vann
Don Juan Quilligan poster
Don Juan Quilligan
1945 • Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
Something for the Boys poster
Something for the Boys
1944 • Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
Laura poster
Laura
1944 • Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
In the Meantime, Darling poster
In the Meantime, Darling
1944 • Ruby Mae Sayre
Happy Land poster
Happy Land
1943 • Gretchen Barry
Girls' Town poster
Girls' Town
1942 • Ethel
Wide Open Town poster
Wide Open Town
1941 • Joan Stuart