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.

Filmography

• 1978The One Man Jury — Nancy
• 1977The White Buffalo — Cassie Ollinger
• Rhoda
• 1971Doctors' Wives — Maggie Gray
• Medical Center — Sheila Ruskin
• The Cara Williams Show — Cara Wilton/Bridges
• 1963The Man from the Diners' Club — Sugar Pye
• Pete and Gladys — Gladys Porter
• 1959Never Steal Anything Small — Winnipeg Simmons
• Naked City — Lois Heller
• 1958The Defiant Ones — Billy's mother
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse — Midge Rospond
• 1957The Helen Morgan Story — Dolly Evans
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Irene West
• 1956Meet Me in Las Vegas — Kelly Donavan
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Mona Cameron, Irene Rankin, Mona Carstairs, Marie Jensen
• Matinee Theater
• 1954The Great Diamond Robbery — Maggie Drumman
• 1953The Girl Next Door — Rosie Green
• The Red Skelton Show — Raggedy Ann, Clara Appleby
• Lux Video Theatre — Paula
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• 1949Knock on Any Door — Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
• Suspense — Nellie, Myra Wilson, Betty Marshall, Babe
• 1948Sitting Pretty — Secretary (uncredited)
• The Philco Television Playhouse
• 1948The Saxon Charm — Dolly Humber
• 1947Boomerang! — Irene Nelson
• 1945Don Juan Quilligan — Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
• 1945The Spider — Wanda Vann
• 1944In the Meantime, Darling — Ruby Mae Sayre
• 1944Laura — Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
• 1944Something for the Boys — Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
• 1943Happy Land — Gretchen Barry
• 1942Girls' Town — Ethel
• 1941Wide Open Town — Joan Stuart

Appearances as themselves (2)

• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter