Cara Williams
American actress (1925-2021) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 96
Cara Williams was an American film and television actress. She was 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 her role as Gladys Porter on the 1960-62 CBS television series Pete and Gladys, for which she was...
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The One Man JuryFilm, Nancy1977
The White BuffaloFilm, Cassie Ollinger1974
RhodaSeries1969
Medical CenterSeries, Sheila Ruskin1963
The Man from the Diners' ClubFilm, Sugar Pye1960
Pete and GladysSeries, Gladys Porter1959
Never Steal Anything SmallFilm, Winnipeg Simmons1958
Naked CitySeries, Lois Heller
The Defiant OnesFilm, 1958Billy's mother1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Irene West
Meet Me in Las VegasFilm, 1956Kelly Donavan1954
The Great Diamond RobberyFilm, Maggie Drumman1953
The OscarsSeries
The Girl Next DoorFilm, 1953Rosie Green1951
The Red Skelton ShowSeries, Raggedy Ann1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Paula1949
Knock on Any DoorFilm, Nelly Watkins (uncredited)1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries1947
Boomerang!Film, Irene Nelson1945
Don Juan QuilliganFilm, Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries
In the Meantime, DarlingFilm, 1944Ruby Mae Sayre1942
Girls' TownFilm, Ethel1941
Wide Open TownFilm, Joan Stuart1925Born29 June 1925People around Cara
Otto Preminger Directed Laura and In the Meantime, Darling
Elia Kazan Directed Boomerang (1947)
Dana Andrews Also in Laura, Boomerang and Boomerang!
Richard Sale Directed The Girl Next Door (1953)
Ed Begley Also in Boomerang and Boomerang!
Taylor Holmes Also in Boomerang and Boomerang!
Reed Hadley Also in Boomerang and In the Meantime, Darling
Danny Kaye Also in The Man from the Diner's Club (1963)
Nicholas Ray Directed Knock on Any Door (1949)
Dan Dailey Also in Meet Me in Las Vegas (1957)- Frank Tashlin Directed The Man from the Diner's Club (1963)
Archie Mayo Directed Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
Heather Angel Also in In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
Robert Keith Also in Boomerang and Boomerang!
Bert Freed Also in Boomerang and Boomerang!- Robert D. Webb Directed The Spider (1945)
Joe Pasternak Produced Meet Me in Las Vegas (1958)
Jay Novello Also in The Man from the Diner's Club (1963)- Cyril J. Mockridge Wrote In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
Leslie Goodwins Directed Pete and Gladys
Virginia Vincent Also in The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Anthony Ross Also in Boomerang and Boomerang!- Isobel Lennart Wrote Meet Me in Las Vegas (1958)
- James V. Kern Directed Pete and Gladys
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Laura 1944
The Defiant Ones 1958
Boomerang! 1947
Knock on Any Door 1949
The White Buffalo 1977
Filmography 22
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Television 16
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She was 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 her role as Gladys Porter on the 1960-62 CBS television series Pete and Gladys, for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy. At the time of her death, Williams was one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
