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Barbara Hale
Also known as: Барбара Хейл, باربارا هیل
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 portrayed Julia Hancock in The Far Horizons (1955) with Fred MacMurray and Charlton Heston. Her flourishing movie career more or less ended when Hale accepted her best known role, Della Street, secretary to attorney Perry Mason, in the TV series with Raymond Burr. The show ran from 1957 to 1966, and she reprised the role in several television movies. Her last performance to date was in 2000 at age 78. In 1967 she guest starred on the ABC series Custer. Hale also had a featured role in the 1970 ensemble film Airport, playing the wife of a jetliner pilot (Dean Martin).
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 18, 1922
Day of Death
January 26, 2017
Age at Death
94 years old
Place of Birth
DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Popularity Score
2.4
Filmography
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Della Street
1995Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Della Street
1994Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Della Street
1994Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Della Street
1993Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
Della Street
1993Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Della Street
1993Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
Della Street
1993Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
Della Street
1992Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
Della Street
1992Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
Della Street
1992Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Della Street
1991Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Della Street
1991Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
Della Street
1991Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
Della Street
1991Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Della Street
1990Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
Della Street
1990Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Della Street
1990Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Della Street
1990Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Della Street
1989Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Della Street
1989Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Della Street
1989Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
Della Street
1988Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Della Street
1988Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Della Street
1987Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Della Street
1987Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
Della Street
1987Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
Della Street
1987Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
Della Street
1986Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Della Street
1986Movie
Perry Mason Returns
Della Street
1985Movie
Perry Mason Returns
Della Street
1985TV
The Young Runaways
Mrs. Ogle
1978Movie
Big Wednesday
Mrs. Barlow
1978Movie
The Flight of the Grey Wolf
Mrs Hanson
1976Movie
The Giant Spider Invasion
Dr. Jenny Langer
1975Movie
Dinah!
Self
1974TV
Chester, Yesterday’s Horse
Mrs. Belle Kincaid
1973Movie
Airport
Sarah Demerest
1970Movie
The Red, White, and Black
Mrs. Alice Grierson
1970Movie
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marjorie Brandon
1969TV
Buckskin
Sarah Cody
1968Movie
Adam-12
Bonnie Jessup
1968TV
The Doris Day Show
Thelma King
1968TV
Desert Hell
Celie Edwards
1958Movie
The Oklahoman
Anne
1957Movie
Slim Carter
Allie Hanneman
1957Movie
Perry Mason
Della Street
1957TV
The Houston Story
Zoe Crane
1956Movie
7th Cavalry
Martha Kellogg
1956Movie
The Country Husband
Mrs. Julia Wiley
1956Movie
The Far Horizons
Julia Hancock
1955Movie
Meet the Governor
June Waters
1955Movie
Unchained
Mary Davitt
1955Movie
The Millionaire
Kathy Munson / Marian Munson
1955TV
Screen Director's Playhouse
June Waters
1955TV
Lassie
1954TV
Climax!
Mamie Eunson
1954TV
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Ogle
1954TV
Studio 57
Ruth
1954TV
Last of the Comanches
Julia Lanning
1953Movie
Seminole
Revere
1953Movie
A Lion Is in the Streets
Verity Wade Martin
1953Movie
The Lone Hand
Sarah Jane Skaggs
1953Movie
General Electric Theater
Ellen Newman
1953TV
Letter to Loretta
Mrs. Strawn
1953TV
The First Time
Betsey Bennett
1952Movie
The Ford Television Theatre
Marta Linden
1952TV
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
1951Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Ginny Morgan
1951TV
The Jackpot
Amy Lawrence
1950Movie
Emergency Wedding
Dr. Helen Hunt
1950Movie
The Window
Mary Woodry
1949Movie
The Clay Pigeon
Martha Gregory
1949Movie
Jolson Sings Again
Ellen Clark
1949Movie
And Baby Makes Three
Jacqueline 'Jackie' Walsh
1949Movie
The Boy with Green Hair
Miss Brand
1948Movie
A Likely Story
Vicki
1947Movie
Lady Luck
Mary Audrey
1946Movie
First Yank into Tokyo
Abby Drake
1945Movie
West of the Pecos
Rill Lambeth
1945Movie
The Falcon in Hollywood
Peggy Callahan
1944Movie
The Falcon Out West
Marion Colby
1944Movie
Heavenly Days
Angie
1944Movie
Prunes and Politics
Miss Barlow
1944Movie
Goin' to Town
Patty
1944Movie
Higher and Higher
Katherine
1943Movie
The Iron Major
Sarah Cavanaugh
1943Movie
Government Girl
Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1943Movie
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Girl seeking donations from Gildersleeve
1943Movie
Around the World
Barbara Hale
1943Movie
The Seventh Victim
Subway Passenger (Uncredited)
1943Movie