Acting credits
37
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Cara Williams
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.3
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Movies: 22Series: 15
TMDB ID: 83904
IMDb ID: nm0930209
Known for: Acting
Born: June 29, 1925
Died: December 9, 2021
Age: 96
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1941 - 1978
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.89
Wikidata: Q468661
Also known as
Bernice Kamiat
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Cara Williams.
4.9
The One Man Jury
as Nancy
1978 Movie
5.9
The White Buffalo
as Cassie Ollinger
1977 Movie
4.8
Doctors' Wives
as Maggie Gray
1971 Movie
5.3
The Man from the Diners' Club
as Sugar Pye
1963 Movie
8.0
Never Steal Anything Small
as Winnipeg Simmons
1959 Movie
7.1
The Defiant Ones
as Billy's mother
1958 Movie
5.0
The Helen Morgan Story
as Dolly Evans
1957 Movie
4.2
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Kelly Donavan
1956 Movie
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Maggie Drumman
1954 Movie
4.0
The Girl Next Door
as Rosie Green
1953 Movie
6.2
Knock on Any Door
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
1949 Movie
3.8
The Saxon Charm
as Dolly Humber
1948 Movie
7.1
Sitting Pretty
as Secretary (uncredited)
1948 Movie
7.0
Boomerang!
as Irene Nelson
1947 Movie
5.3
The Spider
as Wanda Vann
1945 Movie
6.0
Don Juan Quilligan
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
1945 Movie
6.2
Something for the Boys
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
1944 Movie
7.6
Laura
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
1944 Movie
5.7
In the Meantime, Darling
as Ruby Mae Sayre
1944 Movie
6.2
Happy Land
as Gretchen Barry
1943 Movie
Girls' Town
as Ethel
1942 Movie
3.0
Wide Open Town
as Joan Stuart
1941 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Cara Williams.
6.2
Rhoda
2 eps
1974 Series
6.1
Medical Center
1 eps
1969 Series
5.0
The Cara Williams Show
as Cara Wilton/Bridges • 30 eps
1964 Series
6.0
Pete and Gladys
as Gladys Porter • 72 eps
1960 Series
5.8
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Midge Rospond • 1 eps
1958 Series
5.5
Naked City
as Lois Heller • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Irene West • 1 eps
1956 Series
5.0
Matinee Theater
1 eps
1955 Series
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mona Cameron • 1 eps
1955 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Raggedy Ann • 2 eps
1951 Series
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
1 eps
1950 Series
4.9
Suspense
as Nellie • 1 eps
1949 Series
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
1948 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
1944 Series