Cara Williams

Cara Williams

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Cara Williams

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Cara Williams

Performer

June 29, 1925

Brooklyn, New York

December 9, 2021

Cara Williams was an American actress.

Williams starred as the TV wife of Harry Morgan on Pete and Gladys, which debuted in September 1960.

In 1962, Williams received an Emmy nomination for her work, but Pete and Gladys was canceled after its second season.

Williams later returned to primetime with The Cara Williams Show, playing a file clerk who marries the company office-efficiency expert (Frank Aletter).

Williams later appeared on three first-season episodes of CBS' Rhoda as a work associate of David Groh's character.

She also appeared on such shows as Suspense and The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse. She appeared on four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Her films included The Defiant Ones, Never Steal Anything Small, and The Man from the Diners' Club.

Williams died December 9, 2021 in Beverly Hills, California. She was 96.

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