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Cara Williams

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Cara Williams

Born June 29, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, USADied December 9, 202122 films

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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.

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Laura posterFirst watchLaura19447.6as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Defiant Ones poster7.1The Defiant Ones1958Boomerang! poster7.0Boomerang!1947The White Buffalo poster6.0The White Buffalo1977Knock on Any Door poster6.2Knock on Any Door1949

Filmography

22 films as actor
  1. 1978The One Man JuryNancy
  2. 1977The White BuffaloCassie Ollinger
  3. 1971Doctors' WivesMaggie Gray
  4. 1963The Man from the Diners' ClubSugar Pye
  5. 1959Never Steal Anything SmallWinnipeg Simmons
  6. 1958The Defiant OnesBilly's mother
  7. 1957The Helen Morgan StoryDolly Evans
  8. 1956Meet Me in Las VegasKelly Donavan
  9. 1954The Great Diamond RobberyMaggie Drumman
  10. 1953The Girl Next DoorRosie Green
  11. 1949Knock on Any DoorNelly Watkins (uncredited)
  12. 1948The Saxon CharmDolly Humber
  13. 1948Sitting PrettySecretary (uncredited)
  14. 1947Boomerang!Irene Nelson
  15. 1945The SpiderWanda Vann
  16. 1945Don Juan QuilliganFifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
  17. 1944Something for the BoysCalhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
  18. 1944LauraAdvertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
  19. 1944In the Meantime, DarlingRuby Mae Sayre
  20. 1943Happy LandGretchen Barry
  21. 1942Girls' TownEthel
  22. 1941Wide Open TownJoan Stuart