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Cara Williams

Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 06/29/1925 († 96, 12/09/2021) | Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
Cara Williams (born Bernice Kamiat; June 29, 1925 – December 9, 2021) was an American film and television actress. She was 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 1960–62 CBS television series Pete and Gladys, for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy. At the time of her death, Williams was one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Cara Williams

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Cara Williams as Actress(21)

as Nancy1978 The One Man Jury
as Cassie Ollinger1977 The White Buffalo
as Maggie Gray1971 Doctors' Wives
as Winnipeg Simmons1959 Never Steal Anything Small
as Billy's mother1958 The Defiant Ones
as Dolly Evans1957 The Helen Morgan Story
as Kelly Donavan1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Maggie Drumman1954 The Great Diamond Robbery
as Rosie Green1953 The Girl Next Door
as Nelly Watkins (uncredited)1949 Knock on Any Door
as Dolly Humber1948 The Saxon Charm
as Secretary (uncredited)1948 Sitting Pretty
as Irene Nelson1947 Boomerang!
as Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl1945 Don Juan Quilligan
as Wanda Vann1945 The Spider
as Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)1944 Laura
as Ruby Mae Sayre1944 In the Meantime, Darling
as Gretchen Barry1943 Happy Land
as Ethel1942 Girls' Town
as Joan Stuart1941 Wide Open Town

TV Shows/Series with Cara Williams as Actress(14)

1974 Rhoda
as Cara Wilton/Bridges1964 The Cara Williams Show
as Gladys Porter1960 Pete and Gladys
as Lois Heller1958 Naked City
as Mona Cameron1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Irene Rankin1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mona Carstairs1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Marie Jensen1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Full Name: Cara Williams
Born: Monday, 06/29 1925 (June) in Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 12/09 2021 (December) in Beverly Hills (aged: 96)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): John Drew Barrymore
Other names for Cara Williams (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Bernice Kamiat"
Cara Williams frequently works together with these people:
Vaughn Taylor (20x, Actor)
John Newland (20x, Crew)
Raymond Bailey (15x, Actor)
Robert H. Harris (13x, Actor)
E.G. Marshall (12x, Actor)
Anne Seymour (12x, Actress)
Russell Collins (12x, Actor)
Jan Miner (12x, Actress)
Martin Balsam (11x, Actor)
Walter Matthau (11x, Actor)
Harry Tyler (11x, Actor)
Lyle R. Wheeler (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:12724, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/01/2024