Cara Williams
- Born
- June 29, 1925 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- December 9, 2021
- Actress
- soundtrack
- Archive footage
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 · 17 credits
- 1978Dead on Arrival · Actress (Nancy)
- 1977The White Buffalo · Actress (Cassie Ollinger)
- 1971Doctors' Wives · Actress (Maggie Gray)
- 1963The Man from the Diners' Club · Actress (Sugar Pye)
- 1959Never Steal Anything Small · Actress (Winnipeg Simmons)
- 1958The Defiant Ones · Actress (Billy's Mother)
- 1957The Helen Morgan Story · Actress (Dolly Evans)
- 1956Meet Me in Las Vegas · Actress (Kelly Donavan)
- 1954The Great Diamond Robbery · Actress (Maggie Drumman)
- 1953The Girl Next Door · Actress (Rosie Green)
- 1948The Saxon Charm · Actress (Dolly Humber)
- 1947Boomerang! · Actress (Irene Nelson)
- 1945The Spider · Actress (Wanda Vann, neighbor)
- 1945Don Juan Quilligan · Actress (Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl)
- 1944In the Meantime, Darling · Actress (Ruby Mae Sayre)
- 1943Happy Land · Actress (Gretchen Barry)
- 1941Wide Open Town · Actress (Joan Stuart)