
Cara Williams
Acting
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.
TV Shows(16)

Rhoda
1974

Medical Center
Sheila Ruskin
1969

The Cara Williams Show
Cara Wilton/Bridges
1964

Pete and Gladys
Gladys Porter
1960

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Midge Rospond
1958

Naked City
Lois Heller
1958

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Irene West
1956

Matinee Theater
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mona Cameron
1955

The Oscars
Self
1953

The Red Skelton Show
Raggedy Ann
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Paula
1950

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Suspense
Nellie
1949

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Movies(22)

The One Man Jury
Nancy
1978

The White Buffalo
Cassie Ollinger
1977

Doctors' Wives
Maggie Gray
1971

The Man from the Diners' Club
Sugar Pye
1963

Never Steal Anything Small
Winnipeg Simmons
1959

The Defiant Ones
Billy's mother
1958

The Helen Morgan Story
Dolly Evans
1957

Meet Me in Las Vegas
Kelly Donavan
1956

The Great Diamond Robbery
Maggie Drumman
1954

The Girl Next Door
Rosie Green
1953

Knock on Any Door
Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
1949

The Saxon Charm
Dolly Humber
1948

Sitting Pretty
Secretary (uncredited)
1948

Boomerang!
Irene Nelson
1947

The Spider
Wanda Vann
1945

Don Juan Quilligan
Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
1945

Something for the Boys
Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
1944

Laura
Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
1944

In the Meantime, Darling
Ruby Mae Sayre
1944

Happy Land
Gretchen Barry
1943

Girls' Town
Ethel
1942

Wide Open Town
Joan Stuart
1941