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Cara Williams

Acting · Born June 29, 1925 · 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.

Cara Williams movies and shows

  • Matinee Theater1955
  • Golden Globe Awards1944
  • The Red Skelton Show1951
  • Robert Montgomery Presents1950
  • Naked City1958
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956
  • The Philco Television Playhouse1948
  • Medical Center1969
  • Rhoda1974
  • The Oscars1953
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955
  • Suspense1949
  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
  • Lux Video Theatre1950
  • Pete and Gladys1960
  • The Cara Williams Show1964
  • The Defiant Ones1958
  • Laura1944
  • The White Buffalo1977
  • The Helen Morgan Story1957
  • Knock on Any Door1949
  • The Great Diamond Robbery1954
  • Boomerang!1947
  • The Man from the Diners' Club1963