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.
Filmography (38 titles)
5.4MovieThe One Man Jury
Nancy · 1978
6.0MovieThe White Buffalo
Cassie Ollinger · 1977
6.3ShowRhoda
1974
5.0MovieDoctors' Wives
Maggie Gray · 1971
6.4ShowMedical Center
Sheila Ruskin · 1969
6.5ShowThe Cara Williams Show
Cara Wilton/Bridges · 1964
5.9MovieThe Man from the Diners' Club
Sugar Pye · 1963
6.3ShowPete and Gladys
Gladys Porter · 1960
8.2MovieNever Steal Anything Small
Winnipeg Simmons · 1959
6.3ShowWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Midge Rospond · 1958
5.7ShowNaked City
Lois Heller · 1958
7.1MovieThe Defiant Ones
Billy's mother · 1958
5.3MovieThe Helen Morgan Story
Dolly Evans · 1957
6.2ShowDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Irene West · 1956
4.5MovieMeet Me in Las Vegas
Kelly Donavan · 1956
5.3ShowMatinee Theater
1955
7.8ShowAlfred Hitchcock Presents
Mona Cameron · 1955
10.0MovieThe Great Diamond Robbery
Maggie Drumman · 1954
5.0MovieThe Girl Next Door
Rosie Green · 1953
7.0ShowThe Oscars
Self · 1953
7.4ShowThe Red Skelton Show
Raggedy Ann · 1951
Lux Video Theatre
Paula · 1950
6.0ShowRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
6.2MovieKnock on Any Door
Nelly Watkins (uncredited) · 1949
5.1ShowSuspense
Nellie · 1949
6.6ShowThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
4.6MovieThe Saxon Charm
Dolly Humber · 1948
7.1MovieSitting Pretty
Secretary (uncredited) · 1948
7.0MovieBoomerang!
Irene Nelson · 1947
5.6MovieThe Spider
Wanda Vann · 1945