![]() Williams performed in the film Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956), in which she performs the song "I Refuse to Rock n Roll" and a supporting role in The Helen Morgan Story (1957), which stars Ann Blyth and Paul Newman. Williams took time off during this period in which she was married to John Drew Barrymore and gave birth to their son, John Blyth Barrymore, in 1954. She also appeared in Monte Carlo Baby (1951), a comedy with Audrey Hepburn. She played supporting roles in the musicals The Girl Next Door (1953) and The Great Diamond Robbery (1954). Williams started the early 1950s by appearing often in television. She next had supporting roles in The Saxon Charm (1948), which stars Susan Hayward, and Knock on Any Door (1949), which stars Humphrey Bogart. She had supporting roles in the Oscar-nominated films Boomerang (1947) directed by Elia Kazan, and (uncredited) in Sitting Pretty (1948). Around this time, she took some time off, marrying her first husband, Alan Gray, in 1945, and having her daughter Cathy. She also had a supporting role in the drama In the Meantime, Darling, which stars Jeanne Crain. She appeared uncredited in the Oscar-nominated musical film Sweet and Low-Down and as a secretary in the Oscar-winning film Laura (both 1944) directed by Otto Preminger. She followed this with the dramas Girls Town (1942) and Happy Land (1943) with Don Ameche. Williams's first credited role was in the Western Wide Open Town released in 1941. Film and television Harry Morgan and Williams on set of Pete and Gladys Her third husband was Los Angeles real-estate entrepreneur Asher Dann the couple remained together until his death in 2018, aged 83. Their son, John Blyth Barrymore, is a former actor. The marriage was troubled and they divorced in 1959. ![]() Williams then married John Drew Barrymore in 1952. ![]() ![]() Williams married Alan Gray in 1945 they had a daughter, Cathy Gray, but the marriage ended after two years. 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. 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. She began making impersonations of all the screen stars she watched in the movies there, and knew she wanted to be an actress. Williams was born Bernice Kamiat to a Romanian Jewish mother and an Austrian Jewish father. At the time of her death, Williams was one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood. 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 1960ā62 CBS television series Pete and Gladys, for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy. Cara Williams (born Bernice Kamiat Jā December 9, 2021) was an American film and television actress. ![]()
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