Cara Williams

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Cara Williams

Acting 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…

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Laura

Laura

7.6 1944 Movie
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.0 1944 TV Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8 1955 TV Show
The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

7.4 1951 TV Show
Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

5.3 1955 TV Show
Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

6.0 1950 TV Show
The Oscars

The Oscars

7.0 1953 TV Show
Naked City

Naked City

5.7 1958 TV Show
The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

7.1 1958 Movie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6.2 1956 TV Show
Medical Center

Medical Center

6.4 1969 TV Show
The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.6 1948 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1978
    The One Man Jury

    Movie Nancy

  2. 1977
    The White Buffalo

    Movie Cassie Ollinger

  3. 1974
    Rhoda

    TV show

  4. 1971
    Doctors' Wives

    Movie Maggie Gray

  5. 1969
    Medical Center

    TV show Sheila Ruskin

  6. 1964
    The Cara Williams Show

    TV show Cara Wilton/Bridges

  7. 1963
    The Man from the Diners' Club

    Movie Sugar Pye

  8. 1960
    Pete and Gladys

    TV show Gladys Porter

  9. 1959
    Never Steal Anything Small

    Movie Winnipeg Simmons

  10. 1958
    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    TV show Midge Rospond

  11. 1958
    Naked City

    TV show Lois Heller

  12. 1958
    The Defiant Ones

    Movie Billy's mother

  13. 1957
    The Helen Morgan Story

    Movie Dolly Evans

  14. 1956
    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    TV show Irene West

  15. 1956
    Meet Me in Las Vegas

    Movie Kelly Donavan

  16. 1955
    Matinee Theater

    TV show

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  1. 1955
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    TV show Mona Cameron

  2. 1954
    The Great Diamond Robbery

    Movie Maggie Drumman

  3. 1953
    The Girl Next Door

    Movie Rosie Green

  4. 1953
    The Oscars

    TV show Self

  5. 1951
    The Red Skelton Show

    TV show Clara Appleby

  6. 1950
    Lux Video Theatre

    TV show Paula

  7. 1950
    Robert Montgomery Presents

    TV show

  8. 1949
    Knock on Any Door

    Movie Nelly Watkins (uncredited)

  9. 1949
    Suspense

    TV show Nellie

  10. 1948
    The Philco Television Playhouse

    TV show

  11. 1948
    The Saxon Charm

    Movie Dolly Humber

  12. 1948
    Sitting Pretty

    Movie Secretary (uncredited)

  13. 1947
    Boomerang!

    Movie Irene Nelson

  14. 1945
    The Spider

    Movie Wanda Vann

  15. 1945
    Don Juan Quilligan

    Movie Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl

  16. 1944
    Something for the Boys

    Movie Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)

  17. 1944
    Laura

    Movie Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)

  18. 1944
    In the Meantime, Darling

    Movie Ruby Mae Sayre

  19. 1944
    Golden Globe Awards

    TV show Self - Presenter

  20. 1943
    Happy Land

    Movie Gretchen Barry

  21. 1942
    Girls' Town

    Movie Ethel

  22. 1941
    Wide Open Town

    Movie Joan Stuart