Person file · Acting
Cara Williams
Born 1925-06-29Brooklyn, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
The One Man JuryNancyThe White BuffaloCassie OllingerDoctors' WivesMaggie GrayThe Man from the Diners' ClubSugar PyeNever Steal Anything SmallWinnipeg SimmonsThe Defiant OnesBilly's motherThe Helen Morgan StoryDolly EvansMeet Me in Las VegasKelly DonavanThe Great Diamond RobberyMaggie DrummanThe Girl Next DoorRosie GreenKnock on Any DoorNelly Watkins (uncredited)The Saxon CharmDolly HumberSitting PrettySecretary (uncredited)Boomerang!Irene NelsonThe SpiderWanda VannDon Juan QuilliganFifth Ave. Florist SalesgirlSomething for the BoysCalhoun's Secretary (uncredited)LauraAdvertising Agency Employee (uncredited)In the Meantime, DarlingRuby Mae SayreHappy LandGretchen BarryGirls' TownEthelWide Open TownJoan Stuart