Cara Williams | |
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Williams in 1960 | |
Born | Bernice Kamiat June 29, 1925 New York City, U.S. |
Died | December 9, 2021 | (aged 96)
Other names | Bernice Kay |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1941–1982 |
Spouses | Alan Gray
(m. 1945; div. 1947)Asher Dann
(m. 1964; died 2018) |
Children | 2, including John Blyth Barrymore |
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.[1] At the time of her death, Williams was one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood.