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Barbara Hale

Barbara Hale

Actor · Born 1922-04-18 · DeKalb, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Barbara Hale (April 18, 1922 - January 26, 2017) was an American actress best known for her role as legal secretary Della Street on more than 250 episodes of the long-running Perry Mason television series and in 30 made-for-TV movies. Hale was born in DeKalb, Illinois, to Luther Ezra Hale, a landscape gardener, and his wife, Wilma Colvin. She is of Scots-Irish ancestry. Hale graduated from high school in Rockford, Illinois, then attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, planning to become an artist. Her performing career began in Chicago when she started modeling to pay for her education. She moved to Hollywood in 1943, and made her first screen appearances playing small parts (often uncredited). Hale was under contract to RKO Radio Pictures through the late 1940s. She appeared in Higher and Higher (1943) with Frank Sinatra; played leading lady to Robert Mitchum in West of the Pecos (1945); enjoyed top billing in both Lady Luck (1946) opposite Robert Young and The Window (1949) with Arthur Kennedy; and co-starred in Jolson Sings Again (1949), with Larry Parks playing Al Jolson and Hale as Jolson's wife, Ellen Clark. She played the top-billed title role in Lorna Doone (1951) and …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Airport (1970) — Sarah Demerest
  2. Big Wednesday (1978) — Mrs. Barlow
  3. The Seventh Victim (1943) — Subway Passenger (Uncredited)
  4. Perry Mason (1957) — Della Street
  5. The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) — Dr. Jenny Langer
  6. The Window (1949) — Mary Woodry
  7. Lassie (1954)
  8. The Boy with Green Hair (1948) — Miss Brand
  9. Adam-12 (1968) — Bonnie Jessup
  10. The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) — Mrs. Ogle
  11. Seminole (1953) — Revere
  12. The Far Horizons (1955) — Julia Hancock
  13. Last of the Comanches (1953) — Julia Lanning
  14. Perry Mason Returns (1985) — Della Street
  15. The Clay Pigeon (1949) — Martha Gregory
  16. The Jackpot (1950) — Amy Lawrence
  17. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) — Marjorie Brandon
  18. 7th Cavalry (1956) — Martha Kellogg
  19. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) — Verity Wade Martin
  20. Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986) — Della Street
  21. Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995) — Della Street
  22. Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994) — Della Street
  23. Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988) — Della Street
  24. Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990) — Della Street
  25. The Falcon in Hollywood (1944) — Peggy Callahan
  26. The Falcon Out West (1944) — Marion Colby
  27. Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993) — Della Street
  28. The Oklahoman (1957) — Anne
  29. Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987) — Della Street
  30. Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986) — Della Street
  31. Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989) — Della Street
  32. Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988) — Della Street
  33. Higher and Higher (1943) — Katherine
  34. Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987) — Della Street
  35. Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993) — Della Street
  36. Climax! (1954) — Mamie Eunson
  37. Jolson Sings Again (1949) — Ellen Clark
  38. Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (1991) — Della Street
  39. Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993) — Della Street
  40. Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987) — Della Street