Cara Williams

Actress

Born: June 29, 1925 (96 years old)

Died: December 9, 2021

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

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 (23)

• The Defiant Ones (1958, ★ 7.1)
• Boomerang! (1947, ★ 7)
• Laura (1944, ★ 7.6)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955, ★ 7.8)
• Something for the Boys (1944, ★ 6.4)
• The Spider (1945, ★ 5.3)
• Knock on Any Door (1949, ★ 6.2)
• Sitting Pretty (1948, ★ 7.1)
• The Man from the Diners' Club (1963, ★ 5.3)
• The White Buffalo (1977, ★ 6)
• Rhoda (1974, ★ 6.2)
• The Philco Television Playhouse (1948, ★ 6.3)
• The Helen Morgan Story (1957, ★ 5)
• Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956, ★ 4.2)
• Doctors' Wives (1971, ★ 4.8)
• The One Man Jury (1978, ★ 4.9)
• Naked City (1958, ★ 5.5)
• Matinee Theater (1955, ★ 5)
• Robert Montgomery Presents (1950, ★ 5.6)
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956, ★ 6)
• Suspense (1949, ★ 4.9)
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958, ★ 5.8)
• Medical Center (1969, ★ 6.1)