Cara Williams
Birthday
1925/06/29
Day of death
2021/12/09 (96 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know as
Bernice Kamiat
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.
Acting
(1958) The Defiant Ones
as Billy's mother
(1944) Something for the Boys
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
(1945) The Spider
as Wanda Vann
(1947) Boomerang!
as Irene Nelson
(1957) The Helen Morgan Story
as Dolly Evans
(1949) Knock on Any Door
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
(1956) Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Kelly Donavan
(1963) The Man from the Diners' Club
as Sugar Pye
(1954) The Great Diamond Robbery
as Maggie Drumman
(1971) Doctors' Wives
as Maggie Gray
(1978) The One Man Jury
as Nancy
(1959) Never Steal Anything Small
as Winnipeg Simmons
(1943) Happy Land
as Gretchen Barry
(1942) Girls' Town
as Ethel
(1944) Laura
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
(1977) The White Buffalo
as Cassie Ollinger
(1948) Sitting Pretty
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1953) The Girl Next Door
as Rosie Green
(1941) Wide Open Town
as Joan Stuart
(1944) In the Meantime, Darling
as Ruby Mae Sayre
(1945) Don Juan Quilligan
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
(1948) The Saxon Charm
as Dolly Humber
(1974) Rhoda
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Lois Heller
(1969) Medical Center
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mona Cameron
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1960) Pete and Gladys
as Gladys Porter
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Irene West
(1964) The Cara Williams Show
as Cara Wilton/Bridges
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1949) Suspense
as Nellie
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Clara Appleby
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Raggedy Ann
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Paula
(1949) Suspense
as Betty Marshall
(1949) Suspense
as Babe
(1949) Suspense
as Myra Wilson
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Irene Rankin
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mona Carstairs
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Marie Jensen
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter