7.2
Movie
Acting
Cara Williams
- Born
- Died
- (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Credits
- 38 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.2
Movie
7.8
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
6.0
Movie
The White Buffalo
7.0
Movie
Boomerang!
6.3
TV
Rhoda
7.0
TV
Golden Globe Awards
4.9
Movie
Doctors' Wives
7.4
TV
The Red Skelton Show
6.4
TV
Medical Center
4.5
Movie
Meet Me in Las Vegas
5.7
TV
Naked City
5.6
Movie
The Spider
5.3
Movie
The Helen Morgan Story
5.1
TV
Suspense
6.2
TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.8
Movie
The Man from the Diners' Club
5.4
Movie
The One Man Jury
6.6
TV
The Philco Television Playhouse
Acting credits 38
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The One Man Jury Film | Nancy |
| 1977 | The White Buffalo Film | Cassie Ollinger |
| 1974 | Rhoda TV | (2 ep) |
| 1971 | Doctors' Wives Film | Maggie Gray |
| 1969 | Medical Center TV | Sheila Ruskin (1 ep) |
| 1964 | The Cara Williams Show TV | Cara Wilton/Bridges (30 ep) |
| 1963 | The Man from the Diners' Club Film | Sugar Pye |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys TV | Gladys Porter (72 ep) |
| 1959 | Never Steal Anything Small Film | Winnipeg Simmons |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV | Midge Rospond (1 ep) |
| 1958 | Naked City TV | Lois Heller (1 ep) |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones Film | Billy's mother |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story Film | Dolly Evans |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV | Irene West (1 ep) |
| 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas Film | Kelly Donavan |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater TV | (1 ep) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV | Mona Cameron, Irene Rankin, Mona Carstairs, Marie Jensen (1 ep) |
| 1954 | The Great Diamond Robbery Film | Maggie Drumman |
| 1953 | The Girl Next Door Film | Rosie Green |
| 1953 | The Oscars TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show TV | Clara Appleby, Raggedy Ann (1 ep) |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre TV | Paula (1 ep) |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents TV | (1 ep) |
| 1949 | Knock on Any Door Film | Nelly Watkins (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Suspense TV | Nellie, Betty Marshall, Babe, Myra Wilson (1 ep) |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse TV | (1 ep) |
| 1948 | The Saxon Charm Film | Dolly Humber |
| 1948 | Sitting Pretty Film | Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Boomerang! Film | Irene Nelson |
| 1945 | The Spider Film | Wanda Vann |
| 1945 | Don Juan Quilligan Film | Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl |
| 1944 | Something for the Boys Film | Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Laura Film | Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited) |
| 1944 | In the Meantime, Darling Film | Ruby Mae Sayre |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards TV | Self - Presenter (1 ep) |
| 1943 | Happy Land Film | Gretchen Barry |
| 1942 | Girls' Town Film | Ethel |
| 1941 | Wide Open Town Film | Joan Stuart |