
Cara Williams
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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.
Known for
Credits

Laura (1944)
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)

The White Buffalo (1977)
as Cassie Ollinger

The Defiant Ones (1958)
as Billy's mother

Boomerang! (1947)
as Irene Nelson

Knock on Any Door (1949)
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Dolly Evans

Happy Land (1943)
as Gretchen Barry

Doctors' Wives (1971)
as Maggie Gray

Something for the Boys (1944)
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)

The Man from the Diners' Club (1963)
as Sugar Pye

Sitting Pretty (1948)
as Secretary (uncredited)

Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
as Kelly Donavan

The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)
as Maggie Drumman

Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
as Winnipeg Simmons

The Spider (1945)
as Wanda Vann

The Saxon Charm (1948)
as Dolly Humber

Wide Open Town (1941)
as Joan Stuart

The Girl Next Door (1953)
as Rosie Green

Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl

In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
as Ruby Mae Sayre

Girls' Town (1942)
as Ethel

The One Man Jury (1978)
as Nancy





