Cara Williams
Actor
Biography
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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 Defiant Ones
as Billy's mother 1958
The White Buffalo
as Cassie Ollinger 1977
Boomerang!
as Irene Nelson 1947
Knock on Any Door
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited) 1949
Sitting Pretty
as Secretary (uncredited) 1948
Doctors' Wives
as Maggie Gray 1971
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Kelly Donavan 1956
The Spider
as Wanda Vann 1945
Something for the Boys
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited) 1944
The Helen Morgan Story
as Dolly Evans 1957
The Man from the Diners' Club
as Sugar Pye 1963
The One Man Jury
as Nancy 1978
Never Steal Anything Small
as Winnipeg Simmons 1959
The Saxon Charm
as Dolly Humber 1948
Happy Land
as Gretchen Barry 1943
The Girl Next Door
as Rosie Green 1953