Cara Williams

Cara Williams

출생 : 1925-06-29, Brooklyn, New York, USA

사망 : 2021-12-09

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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.

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Cara Williams

참여 작품

The One Man Jury
Nancy
Officer Jim Wade is a loose cannon on the force with a reputation for roughing up suspects, informants, witnesses, and just about everybody else who rubs him the wrong way. When women start being killed by a mysterious serial murderer called The Slasher, Wade vows to put a stop to the killing spree, regardless of whether through legal means or not.
마지막 우정
Cassie Ollinger
In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
Doctors' Wives
Maggie Gray
The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and booze.
The Man from the Diners' Club
Sugar Pye
Mobster Foots Pulardos, who operates a health gym as a front, plans to flee to Mexico to evade government tax officials. His girl friend, Sugar Pye, suggests that he first arrange for the cremation of a man having his own peculiar identifying characteristic--feet of different sizes--and then apply for a Diners' Club card for use in paying his fare. The request for the credit card comes to the desk of Ernie Klenk, a timid clerk. Nervous about his forthcoming marriage to the boss's secretary, Lucy, Ernie inadvertently okays the application, then, discovering his mistake, rushes to the health gym to recover the club card he has issued.
Never Steal Anything Small
Winnipeg Simmons
Director Charles Lederer's 1959 musical stars James Cagney as an unscrupulous longshoreman who'll resort to every dirty trick in the book to win his union's presidency.
흑과 백
Billy's mother
폭풍우가 치는 어느 밤, 범죄자 호송차량이 산길을 달리던중 마주오던 차를 피하려다 길아래로 전복되고 만다. 경찰이 출동하고, 희생자를 옮기던 그들은 죄수 둘이 없어진 것을 알게 된다. 그들은 바로 조커 잭슨(토니 커티스 분)과 노아 컬렌(시드니 포이티어 분). 흑인과 백인으로 서로 증오하는 사이이기도한 이들은 두꺼운 사슬에 손목을 같이 묶인채로 도주를 시작한다. 사나운 사냥개와 맥스 경관의 수사팀이 그들을 바짝 뒤쫓아 오고, 외딴 마을에 도착한 두 사람은 사슬을 끊을만한 도구를 찾기위해 창고로 숨어들었다가 발각되고 만다. 그러나 마을의 한 노인의 도움으로 다시 도망치고, 모자 단 둘이서 사는 산속의 인가에 도착한다. 묶어있는 사슬을 끊고, 잠시 동안이지만 그곳에서 편안한 휴식을 맞게된 두 사람. 조커는 그곳에서 만난 여인과 짧은 연민에 빠지고, 결국 그녀의 곁에 남기로 한다. 혼자서 길을 떠나게 된 노아. 그러나 조커는 그녀와의 말다툼 끝에 흥분한 그녀의 어린 아들에 의해 총상을 입고, 노아를 찾아 다시 떠난다. 부상을 당한 노아와 만난 조커. 이제 사슬로 묶여있지 않지만 두 사람은 다시 하나가 되고, 서로에 대한 미움이 조금씩 우정으로 바뀌어 감을 알게 된다. 이제 두 사람의 마지막 희망은 달리는 기차에 몸을 싣는 것이다. 달리는 기차에 간신히 올라탄 노아, 그러나 부상당한 조커는 아슬아슬하게 올라타지 못하고, 결국 노아도 그와 함께 뛰어내리는데.
추억
Dolly Evans
1920년 대 미국을 배경으로 헬렌 모건의 가수 인생의 일대기를 그린 영화다. 당시 가수라는 직업은 사람들에게 노래를 불러 주기 보단 저급한 춤을 선보이며 술을 파는 광대 정도로 인식이 되었다. 작은 시골 마을 출신인 헬렌은 힘든 여건 속에서도 꿋꿋이 이겨내며 진정 사람들에게 노래로 감동을 줄 수 있는 가수로서 성공하기 위해 밑바닥부터 일하고 노력한다. 그 와 중에 래리 매덕스라는 남자를 만나 사랑에 빠지지만 자신의 성공을 위해서라면 모든지 이용하는 이기적인 남자였다. 여러 차례 그에게 이용당하지만 그를 떠나지 못한다. 훗날 웨이드 라는 변호사가 그녀를 후원하게 되어 가수로서 크게 성공하게 되고 사랑도 하게 되지만 유부남인 웨이드를 떠날 수 밖에 없었다. 많은 사랑의 시련과 배신으로 심신이 지친 헬렌은 술과 담배로 나날이 찌들어 갔고 공연 중에 실신하게 된다. 이 후 명성을 떨어지고 가수로서 모든 걸 잃게 된다 하지만 정신차리고 돌아온 래리 덕분으로 재기에 성공하게 되고 노래 부르게 된다.
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Kelly Donavan
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...
The Great Diamond Robbery
Maggie Drumman
Ambrose C. Park, left on a park bench as an infant with an impulsive need to find his parents, is an assistant to a diamond cutter. Shyster lawyer Remlick, in a strategy to get a fabulous uncut diamond through Ambrose, arranges for Emily Drummon, Duke Fargoh and Maggie Drummon to pose as Ambrose's long-lost parents and sister. The diamond, through many comic situations, is acquired and the gang is going to have Ambrose cut the diamond, and relieve him of the two stones and his parental illusions at the same time. But Maggie, who has no taste for the deception, tips Ambrose off and a wild chase ensues. At the end, Ambrose is very happy as he can now marry his "sister."
더 걸 넥스트 도어
Rosie Green
Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie charges next door to bawl out her new neighbor and meets comic-strip artist Bill Carter. Bill has devoted himself to his strip, and raising his ten-year-old son Joe since the death of his wife. Joe bases his strip on the everyday happenings of he and his son and is proud of keeping it scrupulously honest. When Jeannie and Bill fall in love, young Joe is hurt, especially when Bill starts using a lot of the father-son time to be with Jeannie. Bill cancels a father-son trip to Canada, and Joe decides to write a letter to Bill's syndicate pointing out that the current plot line of the script being set in Canada isn't honest, since they didn't go.
Knock on Any Door
Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
The Saxon Charm
Dolly Humber
In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist Eric Busch, finally stands-up to him.
Sitting Pretty
Secretary (uncredited)
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, but a most eccentric, outrageously forthright genius with seemingly a million careers and experiences behind him.
Boomerang!
Irene Nelson
In a quiet Connecticut town, a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner. The citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. Although Waldron vehemently denies the crime, no one will believe him. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence. Based on a true story.
The Spider
Wanda Vann
An ex-cop is suspected of murder after he is found with a dead woman. The private detective is on the run -- attempting to prove his innocence.
Don Juan Quilligan
Fifth Ave. Florist Salesgirl
When a an overly romantic barge captain marries two women, each reminding him of his mother, he finds himself resorting to prison to escape them.
로라
Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
뉴욕 상류사회, 주인공들은 광고회사 디자이너 로라와 그의 보호자격인 칼럼니스트 왈도, 그리고 그의 죽음을 수사하는 과묵한 민완형사 마크등 3인. 로라가 자기 집에서 얼굴이 무참히 일그러진채 살해되면서 마크가 사건 수사를 맡는다. 마크는 펜을 독검처럼 휘두르는 왈도가 로라를 뉴욕광고계의 실력자로 키웠으며 로라를 광적으로 사랑하나 로라는 다른 남자를 사랑했다는 사실을 알아내고 왈도를 유력한 용의자로 지목한다.
In the Meantime, Darling
Ruby Mae Sayre
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways cause resentment from the other wives and problems with her husband.
Happy Land
Gretchen Barry
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
Girls' Town
Ethel
A West Coast version of "Stage Door", set at a Hollywood boarding house for young women hoping for movie careers.
Wide Open Town
Joan Stuart
Belle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the outlaws, who are led by Steve Fraser. Hoppy gets elected sheriff and cleans up the town with help from the Bar 20 boys.