Cara Williams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 29, 1925
- Died
- December 9, 2021
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
The One Man Jury 1978
as Nancy
The White Buffalo 1977
as Cassie Ollinger
Doctors' Wives 1971
as Maggie Gray
The Man from the Diners' Club 1963
as Sugar Pye
Never Steal Anything Small 1959
as Winnipeg Simmons
The Defiant Ones 1958
as Billy's mother
The Helen Morgan Story 1957
as Dolly Evans
Meet Me in Las Vegas 1956
as Kelly Donavan
The Great Diamond Robbery 1954
as Maggie Drumman
The Girl Next Door 1953
as Rosie Green
Knock on Any Door 1949
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
The Saxon Charm 1948
as Dolly Humber
Sitting Pretty 1948
as Secretary (uncredited)
Boomerang! 1947
as Irene Nelson
The Spider 1945
as Wanda Vann
Don Juan Quilligan 1945
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
Something for the Boys 1944
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
Laura 1944
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
In the Meantime, Darling 1944
as Ruby Mae Sayre
Happy Land 1943
as Gretchen Barry
Girls' Town 1942
as Ethel
Wide Open Town 1941
as Joan Stuart
Credits from TMDB.