Cara Williams

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.

Known For: Acting

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

Died: 2021-12-09

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1941	Wide Open Town	Joan Stuart	0
2	1942	Girls' Town	Ethel	0
3	1943	Happy Land	Gretchen Barry	62
4	1944	In the Meantime, Darling	Ruby Mae Sayre	50
5	1944	Laura	Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)	76
6	1944	Something for the Boys	Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)	62
7	1945	Don Juan Quilligan	Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl	60
8	1945	The Spider	Wanda Vann	53
9	1947	Boomerang!	Irene Nelson	69
10	1948	Sitting Pretty	Secretary (uncredited)	71
11	1948	The Saxon Charm	Dolly Humber	43
12	1949	Knock on Any Door	Nelly Watkins (uncredited)	61
13	1953	The Girl Next Door	Rosie Green	40
14	1954	The Great Diamond Robbery	Maggie Drumman	0
15	1956	Meet Me in Las Vegas	Kelly Donavan	47
16	1957	The Helen Morgan Story	Dolly Evans	52
17	1958	The Defiant Ones	Billy's mother	72
18	1959	Never Steal Anything Small	Winnipeg Simmons	80
19	1963	The Man from the Diners' Club	Sugar Pye	50
20	1971	Doctors' Wives	Maggie Gray	50
21	1977	The White Buffalo	Cassie Ollinger	59
22	1978	The One Man Jury	Nancy	54

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	68
2	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		60
3	1949	Suspense	Nellie	46
4	1949	Suspense	Betty Marshall	46
5	1949	Suspense	Babe	46
6	1949	Suspense	Myra Wilson	46
7	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents		52
8	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Paula	60
9	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Clara Appleby	74
10	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Raggedy Ann	74
11	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
12	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mona Cameron	78
13	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Irene Rankin	78
14	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mona Carstairs	78
15	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Marie Jensen	78
16	1955	Matinee Theater		46
17	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Irene West	55
18	1958	Naked City	Lois Heller	53
19	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		53
20	1960	Pete and Gladys	Gladys Porter	65
21	1964	The Cara Williams Show	Cara Wilton/Bridges	50
22	1969	Medical Center		61
23	1974	Rhoda		62