Barbara Read

Barbara Read

Acting
🎂 1917-12-29 (45 years old at death)
✝️ 1963-12-11
📍 Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
👤 Female
🎬 21 Movies
🔗 IMDb
Born in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, Barbara Read was the daughter of a contractor. Under contract to Columbia, she was paid but never used for a single picture. She quit in disgust. She was later signed by Universal and was cast as one of the Craig sisters inThree Smart Girls (1936) along with Deanna Durbin and Nan Grey. This was Barbara's first and best remembered film. Her career was over by the time she married actor William Talman, of "Perry Mason" fame, in 1953. The couple had two ch ...
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Filmography (21 movies)

Coroner Creek
Coroner Creek
1948
as Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)
Key Witness
Key Witness
1947
as Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)
Ginger
Ginger
1947
as Peggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed)
The Missing Lady
The Missing Lady
1946
as Margo Lane
Death Valley
Death Valley
1946
as Mitzi
Behind the Mask
Behind the Mask
1946
as Margo Lane
The Shadow Returns
The Shadow Returns
1946
as Margo Lane
Rubber Racketeers
Rubber Racketeers
1942
as Mary Dale
Too Many Women
Too Many Women
1942
as Linda Pearson
Curtain Call
Curtain Call
1940
as Helen Middleton
Married and in Love
Married and in Love
1940
as Helen Yates
The Spellbinder
The Spellbinder
1939
as Janet Marlowe
Sorority House
Sorority House
1939
as Dotty Spencer
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
1938
as Claire Saunders
Midnight Intruder
Midnight Intruder
1938
as Patricia Hammond
Merry Go Round of 1938
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937
as Clarice Stockbridge
The Man Who Cried Wolf
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
as Nan
The Road Back
The Road Back
1937
as Lucy
Make Way for Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Rhoda Cooper
The Mighty Treve
The Mighty Treve
1937
as Aileen Fenno
Three Smart Girls
Three Smart Girls
1936
as Kay Craig