Cara Williams

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.

Known For

Golden Globe Awards

The Philco Television Playhouse

Robert Montgomery Presents

Matinee Theater

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

Naked City

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

All Movies (22)

• The One Man Jury1978 · as Nancy
• The White Buffalo1977 · as Cassie Ollinger
• Doctors' Wives1971 · as Maggie Gray
• The Man from the Diners' Club1963 · as Sugar Pye
• Never Steal Anything Small1959 · as Winnipeg Simmons
• The Defiant Ones1958 · as Billy's mother
• The Helen Morgan Story1957 · as Dolly Evans
• Meet Me in Las Vegas1956 · as Kelly Donavan
• The Great Diamond Robbery1954 · as Maggie Drumman
• The Girl Next Door1953 · as Rosie Green
• Knock on Any Door1949 · as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
• The Saxon Charm1948 · as Dolly Humber
• Sitting Pretty1948 · as Secretary (uncredited)
• Boomerang!1947 · as Irene Nelson
• The Spider1945 · as Wanda Vann
• Don Juan Quilligan1945 · as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
• Something for the Boys1944 · as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
• Laura1944 · as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
• In the Meantime, Darling1944 · as Ruby Mae Sayre
• Happy Land1943 · as Gretchen Barry
• Girls' Town1942 · as Ethel
• Wide Open Town1941 · as Joan Stuart

All TV Shows (23)

• Rhoda1974
• Medical Center1969 · as Sheila Ruskin
• The Cara Williams Show1964 · as Cara Wilton/Bridges
• Pete and Gladys1960 · as Gladys Porter
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958 · as Midge Rospond
• Naked City1958 · as Lois Heller
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Irene West
• Matinee Theater1955
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Mona Cameron
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Irene Rankin
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Mona Carstairs
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Marie Jensen
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Raggedy Ann
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Clara Appleby
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Paula
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950
• Suspense1949 · as Nellie
• Suspense1949 · as Babe
• Suspense1949 · as Betty Marshall
• Suspense1949 · as Myra Wilson
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter