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At age 16, Williams was signed by 20th Century-Fox and began appearing in small, often unbilled parts in films such as “Wide Open Town,” “Happy Land” and “In the Meantime, Darling.”įollowing a turn in a stage production of “Born Yesterday,” Williams career ignited in the late 1940s and ’50s.

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After her parents divorced, she relocated to Hollywood with her mother and began to attend the Hollywood Professional School, giving voice performances in cartoon shorts. on June 29, 1925, Williams began working as an actress when she was a child. It’s a sad loss to lose a woman from this incredible era.”īorn as Bernice Kamiat in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was everything that you could wish for in a mother and more. “She could make anyone laugh and smile if they had a bad day.

“Not only was she a sparkling actress with impeccable comedic timing, she was also funny, over-the-top, warm-hearted and loving,” Jagoda told Variety in a statement. Williams’ death was confirmed to Variety by her daughter Justine Jagoda and her great-nephew Richard Potter.

Cara Williams, one of the last remaining actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age and an Oscar nominee for her performance in 1958’s “The Defiant Ones,” died on Thursday.