Variety. “Not only was she a sparkling actress with impeccable comedic timing, she was also funny, over-the-top, warm-hearted and loving,” Jagoda said in a statement. “She could make anyone laugh and smile if they had a bad day.
She was everything that you could wish for in a mother and more. It’s a sad loss to lose a woman from this incredible era.”Williams was born Bernice Kamiat in Brooklyn, in 1925.
She came to Hollywood with her mother and, by 16, she was put under contract for 20th Century Fox and appeared in small and uncredited roles.One of her first big roles was 1958’s “The Defiant Ones” alongside Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier.
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