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This perky, talented, blue-eyed redhead had acting aspirations from the get-go. Born in Brooklyn on June 29, 1925, as Bernice Kamiat, Cara began performing as a child and continued into her teens. After her parents' divorce, she relocated with her mother to Hollywood where she attended the Hollywood Professional School and lent her voice to both radio and animated cartoon shorts... See full bio »

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Bernice Kamiat
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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1978 The One Man Jury
Nancy
 
1977 The White Buffalo
Cassie Ollinger
 
1977 Visions (TV series)
Anna III
– The Prison Game (1977) … Anna III
 
1976 Medical Center (TV series)
Sheila Ruskin
– The Happy State of Depression (1976) … Sheila Ruskin
 
1976 The Ashes of Mrs. Reasoner (TV movie)
 
1974 Rhoda (TV series)
Mae
– Guess What I Got You for the Holidays (1974) … Mae
– I'm a Little Late, Folks (1974) … Mae
 
1971 Doctors' Wives
Maggie Gray
 
1964-1965 The Cara Williams Show (TV series)
Cara Bridges / Wilton
– Paradise Freezes Over (1965) … Cara Bridges/Wilton
– Paradise Lost and Found (1965) … Cara Bridges/Wilton
– Cara's Private War Against Poverty (1965) … Cara Bridges/Wilton
– What Television Show Does Your Dog Watch? (1965) … Cara Bridges/Wilton
– A Pawn Ticket for a Ticker (1965) … Cara Bridges/Wilton
See all 30 episodes »
 
1963 The Man from the Diners' Club
Sugar Pye
 
1961-1962 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Raggedy Ann / Clara Appleby
– Freddie and the Yuletide Doll (Restaging) (1962) … Raggedy Ann
– Freddie and the Yuletide Doll (1961) … Raggedy Ann
– Appleby's Remote (1961) … Clara Appleby
 
1962 Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (TV series)
Guest / Sketches
– Episode #1.5 (1962) … Guest / Sketches
 
1960-1962 Pete and Gladys (TV series)
Gladys Porter
– Continental Dinner (1962) … Gladys Porter
– The Expectant Gardener (1962) … Gladys Porter
– The Arrival (1962) … Gladys Porter
– The Case of the Gossipy Maid (1962) … Gladys Porter
– Step on Me (1962) … Gladys Porter
See all 72 episodes »
 
1962 Henry Fonda and the Family (TV movie)
 
1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Irene
– Seed of Evil (1960) … Irene
 
1956-1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Irene Rankin / Marie Jensen / Mona Cameron / …
– The Cure (1960) … Marie Jensen
– Last Request (1957) … Mona Carstairs
– De Mortuis (1956) … Irene Rankin
– Decoy (1956) … Mona Cameron
 
1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Midge Rospond
– Meeting at Appalachia (1960) … Midge Rospond
 
1959 Naked City (TV series)
Lois Heller
– A Wood of Thorne (1959) … Lois Heller
 
1959 Never Steal Anything Small
Winnipeg Simmons
 
1958 The Defiant Ones
Billy's Mother
 
1957 Date with the Angels (TV series)
Diane
– Diane (1957) … Diane
 
1957 The Helen Morgan Story
Dolly Evans
 
1957 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Dorothy
– Harbor Patrol (1957) … Dorothy
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Paula
– The Glass Web (1956) … Paula
 
1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas
Kelly Donavan
 
1955 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1955)
 
1954 The Great Diamond Robbery
Maggie Drumman
 
1953 We Go to Monte Carlo
Marinette
 
1953 The Girl Next Door
Rosie Grren
 
1952 Steve Randall (TV series)
– The Perfect Alibi (1952)
 
1952 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
Aggie Lynch
– Within the Law (1952) … Aggie Lynch
 
1951 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– The Lost and Found (1951)
 
1951 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– Quicksand (1951)
 
1950 Suspense (TV series)
Babe / Betty Marshall / Myra Wilson / …
– The Mallet (1950) … Nellie
– A Pocketful of Murder (1950) … Myra Wilson
– I'm No Hero (1950) … Babe
– 1000 To One (1950) … Betty Marshall
 
1950 The Billy Rose Show (TV series)
– Drink to Me Only with Thine Ice (1950)
 
1950 Starlight Theatre (TV series)
– The Great Nonentity (1950)
– The Afternoon of a Faun (1950)
 
1950 The Web (TV series)
– The Twelfth Juror (1950)
 
1950 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
– The Sun (1950)
 
1950 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The End Is Known (1950)
 
1950 The Clock (TV series)
– The Hypnotist (1950)
 
1949 Theatre of Romance (TV series)
– The Afternoon of a Faun (1949)
 
1949 Knock on Any Door
Nelly Watkins (uncredited)
 
1948 The Saxon Charm
Dolly Humber
 
1948 Sitting Pretty
Secretary (uncredited)
 
1947 Boomerang!
Irene Nelson - Waitress at Coney Island Cafe
 
1945 The Spider
Wanda Vann, neighbor
 
1945 Don Juan Quilligan
Fifth Ave. Florist salesgirl
 
1944 Something for the Boys
Calhoun's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1944 Laura
Secretary in Laura's Office (uncredited)
 
1944 In the Meantime, Darling
Ruby Mae Sayre
 
1944 Sweet and Low-Down
Blonde (uncredited)
 
1943 Happy Land
Gretchen Barry
 
1942 Girls' Town
Ethel (as Bernice Kay)
 
1941 Wide Open Town
Joan Stuart (as Bernice Kay)
 
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1965 The Cara Williams Show (TV series)
– Will Cara's Success Spoil Frank Bridges? (1965) (performer: "They Say It's Wonderful", "You Made Me Love You I Didn't Want To Do It")
 
1963 The Man from the Diners' Club (performer: "There Goes That Song Again" 1944 - uncredited)
 
1959 Never Steal Anything Small (performer: "I'm Sorry, I Want a Ferrari")
 
1957 The Helen Morgan Story (performer: "Sweet Georgia Brown" - uncredited)
 
1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas (performer: "I Refuse to Rock and Roll")
 
1953 The Girl Next Door (performer: "If I Love You a Mountain" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1975 Rhyme and Reason (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 October 1975 (1975) … Herself
 
1964 The Celebrity Game (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 September 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1963 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 25 March 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 

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