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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 29, 1925
Died
December 9, 2021
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Bernice Kamiat
Cara Williams
0.4 Popularity
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
4.9
Nancy
The One Man Jury
1978
5.9
Cassie Ollinger
The White Buffalo
1977
6.2
Rhoda
1974
4.8
Maggie Gray
Doctors' Wives
1971
6.1
Medical Center
1969
5.0
Cara Wilton/Bridges
The Cara Williams Show
1964
5.0
Sugar Pye
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
6.0
Gladys Porter
Pete and Gladys
1960
8.0
Winnipeg Simmons
Never Steal Anything Small
1959
5.8
Midge Rospond
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Credits
The One Man Jury
as Nancy
1978
4.9
The White Buffalo
as Cassie Ollinger
1977
5.9
Rhoda
1974
6.2
Doctors' Wives
as Maggie Gray
1971
4.8
Medical Center
1969
6.1
The Cara Williams Show
as Cara Wilton/Bridges
1964
5.0
The Man from the Diners' Club
as Sugar Pye
1963
5.0
Pete and Gladys
as Gladys Porter
1960
6.0
Never Steal Anything Small
as Winnipeg Simmons
1959
8.0
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Midge Rospond
1958
5.8
Naked City
as Lois Heller
1958
5.5
The Defiant Ones
as Billy's mother
1958
7.1
The Helen Morgan Story
as Dolly Evans
1957
5.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Irene West
1956
6.0
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Kelly Donavan
1956
4.2
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mona Cameron
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Irene Rankin
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mona Carstairs
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Marie Jensen
1955
7.8
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Maggie Drumman
1954
0.0
The Girl Next Door
as Rosie Green
1953
4.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Red Skelton Show
as Raggedy Ann
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Clara Appleby
1951
7.4
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Lux Video Theatre
as Paula
1950
6.3
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Knock on Any Door
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
1949
6.1
Suspense
as Nellie
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Myra Wilson
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Betty Marshall
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Babe
1949
4.9
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Saxon Charm
as Dolly Humber
1948
3.8
Sitting Pretty
as Secretary (uncredited)
1948
7.0
Boomerang!
as Irene Nelson
1947
7.0
The Spider
as Wanda Vann
1945
5.3
Don Juan Quilligan
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
1945
6.0
Laura
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
1944
7.6
Something for the Boys
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
1944
6.2
In the Meantime, Darling
as Ruby Mae Sayre
1944
5.7
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Happy Land
as Gretchen Barry
1943
6.2
Girls' Town
as Ethel
1942
0.0
Wide Open Town
as Joan Stuart
1941
3.0