Cara Williams
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Defiant Ones
as Billy's mother
1958
Something for the Boys
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
1944
The Spider
as Wanda Vann
1945
Boomerang!
as Irene Nelson
1947
The Helen Morgan Story
as Dolly Evans
1957
Knock on Any Door
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
1949
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Kelly Donavan
1956
The Man from the Diners' Club
as Sugar Pye
1963
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Maggie Drumman
1954
Doctors' Wives
as Maggie Gray
1971
The One Man Jury
as Nancy
1978
Never Steal Anything Small
as Winnipeg Simmons
1959
Happy Land
as Gretchen Barry
1943
Girls' Town
as Ethel
1942
Laura
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
1944
The White Buffalo
as Cassie Ollinger
1977
Sitting Pretty
as Secretary (uncredited)
1948
The Girl Next Door
as Rosie Green
1953
Wide Open Town
as Joan Stuart
1941
In the Meantime, Darling
as Ruby Mae Sayre
1944
TV Appearances
Rhoda
1974
Naked City
as Lois Heller
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mona Cameron
1955
Pete and Gladys
as Gladys Porter
1960
Matinee Theater
1955
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Irene West
1956
The Cara Williams Show
as Cara Wilton/Bridges
1964
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Suspense
as Nellie
1949
The Red Skelton Show
as Clara Appleby
1951