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