Cara Williams

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.

Actor

1941

[ ] Wide Open Town (Joan Stuart)

1942

[ ] Girls' Town (Ethel)

1943

[ ] Happy Land (Gretchen Barry)

1944

[ ] Something for the Boys (Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited))
[ ] Laura (Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited))
[ ] In the Meantime, Darling (Ruby Mae Sayre)

1945

[ ] The Spider (Wanda Vann)
[ ] Don Juan Quilligan (Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl)

1947

[ ] Boomerang! (Irene Nelson)

1948

[ ] Sitting Pretty (Secretary (uncredited))
[ ] The Saxon Charm (Dolly Humber)

1949

[ ] Knock on Any Door (Nelly Watkins (uncredited))

1958

[ 7/10 ] The Defiant Ones (Billy's mother)

1959

[ ] Never Steal Anything Small (Winnipeg Simmons)

1963

[ ] The Man from the Diners' Club (Sugar Pye)

1971

[ ] Doctors' Wives (Maggie Gray)

1977

[ ] The White Buffalo (Cassie Ollinger)

1978

[ ] The One Man Jury (Nancy)