Cara Williams

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

45

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-06-29

Deathday

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

Laura
7.6%

Laura

Oct 11, 1944

The Defiant Ones
7.1%

The Defiant Ones

Aug 14, 1958

The White Buffalo
5.9%

The White Buffalo

May 1, 1977

Boomerang!
7.0%

Boomerang!

Feb 28, 1947

The Oscars
6.9%

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

Knock on Any Door
6.1%

Knock on Any Door

Feb 22, 1949

Sitting Pretty
7.2%

Sitting Pretty

Mar 10, 1948

Rhoda
6.2%

Rhoda

Sep 9, 1974

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Acting

1978
The One Man Jury as Nancy
1977
The White Buffalo as Cassie Ollinger
1974
Rhoda
1971
Doctors' Wives as Maggie Gray
1969
Medical Center
1964
The Cara Williams Show as Cara Wilton/Bridges
1963
The Man from the Diners' Club as Sugar Pye
1960
Pete and Gladys as Gladys Porter
1959
Never Steal Anything Small as Winnipeg Simmons
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Naked City as Lois Heller
1958
The Defiant Ones as Billy's mother
1957
The Helen Morgan Story as Dolly Evans
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Irene West
1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas as Kelly Donavan
1955
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mona Cameron
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Irene Rankin
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mona Carstairs
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Marie Jensen
1954
The Great Diamond Robbery as Maggie Drumman
1953
The Girl Next Door as Rosie Green
1953
The Oscars as Self
1951
The Red Skelton Show as Clara Appleby
1951
The Red Skelton Show as Raggedy Ann
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Paula
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1949
Knock on Any Door as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
1949
Suspense as Nellie
1949
Suspense as Betty Marshall
1949
Suspense as Babe
1949
Suspense as Myra Wilson
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Saxon Charm as Dolly Humber
1948
Sitting Pretty as Secretary (uncredited)
1947
Boomerang! as Irene Nelson
1945
The Spider as Wanda Vann
1945
Don Juan Quilligan as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
1944
Something for the Boys as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
1944
Laura as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
1944
In the Meantime, Darling as Ruby Mae Sayre
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1943
Happy Land as Gretchen Barry
1942
Girls' Town as Ethel
1941
Wide Open Town as Joan Stuart
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