
Also known as: Bernice Kamiat
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.
Acting
June 29, 1925
December 9, 2021
96 years old
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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The One Man Jury
Nancy

The White Buffalo
Cassie Ollinger

Rhoda

Doctors' Wives
Maggie Gray

Medical Center
Sheila Ruskin

The Cara Williams Show
Cara Wilton/Bridges

The Man from the Diners' Club
Sugar Pye

Pete and Gladys
Gladys Porter

Never Steal Anything Small
Winnipeg Simmons

The Defiant Ones
Billy's mother

Naked City
Lois Heller

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Midge Rospond

The Helen Morgan Story
Dolly Evans

Meet Me in Las Vegas
Kelly Donavan

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Irene West

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mona Cameron

Matinee Theater

The Great Diamond Robbery
Maggie Drumman

The Girl Next Door
Rosie Green

The Oscars
Self

The Red Skelton Show
Raggedy Ann

Robert Montgomery Presents
Lux Video Theatre
Paula

Knock on Any Door
Nelly Watkins (uncredited)

Suspense
Nellie

Sitting Pretty
Secretary (uncredited)

The Saxon Charm
Dolly Humber

The Philco Television Playhouse

Boomerang!
Irene Nelson

The Spider
Wanda Vann

Don Juan Quilligan
Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl

Something for the Boys
Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)

Laura
Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)

In the Meantime, Darling
Ruby Mae Sayre

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter

Happy Land
Gretchen Barry

Girls' Town
Ethel

Wide Open Town
Joan Stuart