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Cara Williams

Cast & creator

Cara Williams

1925-06-29 (died at 96) Brooklyn, New York, USAIMDb

Best known for Golden Globe Awards, Matinee Theater, The Red Skelton Show

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.

Also known as: Bernice Kamiat

Movies

22

film credits

Series

23

television credits

Career

45

1941–1978 · acting roles

Credit score

6.5

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter · 1944

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

Acting · 1955

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

Raggedy Ann · 1951

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

Clara Appleby · 1951

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Acting · 1950

Across film & television

Filmography (45)

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Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

Raggedy Ann

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

Clara Appleby

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Naked City

Naked City

Lois Heller

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Irene West

Medical Center

Medical Center

Sheila Ruskin

Rhoda

Rhoda

The Oscars

The Oscars

Self

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Mona Cameron

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Irene Rankin

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Mona Carstairs

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Marie Jensen

Suspense

Suspense

Nellie

Suspense

Suspense

Myra Wilson

Suspense

Suspense

Betty Marshall

Suspense

Suspense

Babe

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Midge Rospond

Lux Video Theatre

Paula

Pete and Gladys

Pete and Gladys

Gladys Porter

The Cara Williams Show

The Cara Williams Show

Cara Wilton/Bridges

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

Billy's mother

Laura

Laura

Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)

The White Buffalo

The White Buffalo

Cassie Ollinger

Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

Nelly Watkins (uncredited)

The Helen Morgan Story

The Helen Morgan Story

Dolly Evans

The Man from the Diners' Club

The Man from the Diners' Club

Sugar Pye

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Kelly Donavan

Something for the Boys

Something for the Boys

Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)

Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty

Secretary (uncredited)

The One Man Jury

The One Man Jury

Nancy

In the Meantime, Darling

In the Meantime, Darling

Ruby Mae Sayre

Doctors' Wives

Doctors' Wives

Maggie Gray

The Great Diamond Robbery

The Great Diamond Robbery

Maggie Drumman

Never Steal Anything Small

Never Steal Anything Small

Winnipeg Simmons

Happy Land

Happy Land

Gretchen Barry

Boomerang!

Boomerang!

Irene Nelson

The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

Rosie Green

The Saxon Charm

The Saxon Charm

Dolly Humber

Don Juan Quilligan

Don Juan Quilligan

Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl

Wide Open Town

Wide Open Town

Joan Stuart

Girls' Town

Girls' Town

Ethel

The Spider

The Spider

Wanda Vann