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Cara Williams is a Actor American born on 29 june 1925 at Brooklyn (USA)

Cara Williams

Cara Williams
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Birth name Bernice Kamiat
Nationality USA
Birth 29 june 1925 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 9 december 2021 (at 96 years)

Cara Williams (born June 29, 1925) is 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.

Biography

Born Bernice Kamiat in Flatbush, Brooklyn, the daughter of New York-born Florence "Flora" (née Schwartz 1897-1990), whose parents were Romanian-Jewish immigrants, and Benjamin Kamiat, an immigrant from Austria. Benny Kamiat was a well-known figure in Brooklyn and a journalist for the Brooklyn Eagle. Her mother worked as a manicurist next to Brooklyn's Albee Theatre, where she would leave her daughter Bernice with the theatre owners to babysit. Young Bernice began making impersonations of all the screen stars she watched in the movies there, and knew she wanted to be an actress. Her parents divorced, and her mother relocated her to Los Angeles, where she chose Cara Williams as her stage name and attended the Hollywood Professional School. Soon, she began performing in radio and at the age of 16 in 1941, she was signed to a film contract and began performing in bit roles, credited as Bernice Kay.

Williams married Alan Gray in 1945; they had a daughter, Cathy Gray, but the marriage ended after two years. Williams then married John Drew Barrymore, the father of Drew Barrymore, in 1952. The marriage was troubled and they divorced in 1959. Their son, John Blyth Barrymore, is a former actor. She is currently married to her third husband, Los Angeles real estate entrepreneur Asher Dann. Williams grew up in the same neighborhood as Oscar-winning actress Susan Hayward.

Best films

Monte Carlo Baby (1951)
(Actress)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
(Actress)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Cara Williams (22 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
1978The One Man JuryActressNancy
1977The White BuffaloActressCassie Ollinger
1971Doctors' WivesActressMaggie Gray
1963The Man from the Diners' ClubActressSugar Pye
1958The Defiant OnesActressBilly's mother
1957A Face in the CrowdActressNurse
1957The Helen Morgan StoryActressDolly Evans
1956Meet Me in Las VegasActressKelly Donavan
1954The Great Diamond RobberyActressMaggie Drumman
1953The Girl Next DoorActressRosie Green
1951Monte Carlo BabyActress
1949Knock on Any DoorActressNelly Watkins (uncredited)
1948The Saxon CharmActressDolly Humber
1948Sitting PrettyActressSecretary (uncredited)
1947Boomerang!ActressIrene Nelson
1945The SpiderActressWanda Vann
1945Don Juan QuilliganActressFifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
1944In the Meantime, DarlingActressRuby Mae Sayre
1944LauraActressAdvertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
1944Something for the BoysActressCalhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
1943Happy LandActressGretchen Barry
1941Wide Open TownActressJoan Stuart