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