Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/29/1925
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
Bernice Kamiat
Cara Williams
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.
Known For
Boomerang!
as Irene Nelson
The White Buffalo
as Cassie Ollinger
Sitting Pretty
as Secretary (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
as Dolly Evans
The Saxon Charm
as Dolly Humber
Happy Land
as Gretchen Barry
The Defiant Ones
as Billy's mother
Knock on Any Door
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
Never Steal Anything Small
as Winnipeg Simmons
The Man from the Diners' Club
as Sugar Pye
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Kelly Donavan
The Spider
as Wanda Vann
Doctors' Wives
as Maggie Gray
Something for the Boys
as Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
Don Juan Quilligan
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
Laura
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
Wide Open Town
as Joan Stuart
In the Meantime, Darling
as Ruby Mae Sayre
The Girl Next Door
as Rosie Green
Girls' Town
as Ethel