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Cara Williams

Cara Williams

Birthday: 1925-06-29 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cara Williams (born June 29, 1925) is 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1977
The White Buffalo

as    Cassie Ollinger

1964
The Cara Williams Show

as    Cara Wilton/Bridges

1960
Pete and Gladys

as    Gladys Porter

1957
The Helen Morgan Story

as    Dolly Evans

1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas

as    Kelly Donavan

1953
The Girl Next Door

as    Rosie Green

1947
Boomerang!

as    Irene Nelson

1945
The Spider

as    Wanda Vann

1944
In the Meantime, Darling

as    Ruby Mae Sayre

1943
Happy Land

as    Gretchen Barry

1941
Wide Open Town

as    Joan Stuart