Cara Williams

Personal Info

Birthday

June 29, 1925

Day of Death

2021-12-09

(96 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

Bernice Kamiat

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

The Red Skelton Show

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Naked City

Suspense

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Pete and Gladys

Lux Video Theatre

The Cara Williams Show

Filmography

1978
The One Man Jury
as Nancy
1977
The White Buffalo
as Cassie Ollinger
1971
Doctors' Wives
as Maggie Gray
1963
The Man from the Diners' Club
as Sugar Pye
1959
Never Steal Anything Small
as Winnipeg Simmons
1958
The Defiant Ones
as Billy's mother
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
as Dolly Evans
1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Kelly Donavan
1954
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Maggie Drumman
1953
The Girl Next Door
as Rosie Green
1949
Knock on Any Door
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
1948
The Saxon Charm
as Dolly Humber
Sitting Pretty
as Secretary (uncredited)
1947
Boomerang!
as Irene Nelson
1945
The Spider
as Wanda Vann
Don Juan Quilligan
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
1944
Something for the Boys
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
Laura
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
In the Meantime, Darling
as Ruby Mae Sayre
1943
Happy Land
as Gretchen Barry
1942
Girls' Town
as Ethel
1941
Wide Open Town
as Joan Stuart