Barbara Hale

Barbara Hale

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1922-04-18
Deathday: 2017-01-26 (94 years old)

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Biography

Barbara Hale is 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 later reprising the role 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).

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Filmography

all 87

Movies 73

TV Shows 14

self 2

Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss

Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host

Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo

Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (1992)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (1991)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (1991)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen

Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin

Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (1989)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason Returns

Perry Mason Returns (1985)

Movie
Mrs. Ogle
The Young Runaways

The Young Runaways (1978)

Movie
Mrs. Barlow
Big Wednesday

Big Wednesday (1978)

Movie
Mrs. Hanson
The Flight of the Grey Wolf

The Flight of the Grey Wolf (1976)

Movie
Dr. Jenny Langer
The Giant Spider Invasion

The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)

Movie
Self
Dinah!

Dinah! (1974)

TV
Mrs. Belle Kincaid
Chester, Yesterday’s Horse

Chester, Yesterday’s Horse (1974)

Movie
Mrs. Alice Grierson
The Red, White, and Black

The Red, White, and Black (1970)

Movie
Sarah Demerest
Airport

Airport (1970)

Movie
5.32
Marjorie Brandon
Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

TV
4.8
Thelma King
The Doris Day Show

The Doris Day Show (1968)

TV
Bonnie Jessup
Adam-12

Adam-12 (1968)

TV
7.5
Sarah Cody
Buckskin

Buckskin (1968)

Movie
Celie Edwards
Desert Hell

Desert Hell (1958)

Movie
Allie Hanneman
Slim Carter

Slim Carter (1957)

Movie
Della Street
Perry Mason

Perry Mason (1957)

TV
4.33
Anne
The Oklahoman

The Oklahoman (1957)

Movie
4.33
Martha Kellogg
7th Cavalry

7th Cavalry (1956)

Movie
Zoe Crane
The Houston Story

The Houston Story (1956)

Movie
June Waters
Screen Director's Playhouse

Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)

TV
Mary Davitt
Unchained

Unchained (1955)

Movie
Julia Hancock
The Far Horizons

The Far Horizons (1955)

Movie
Kathy Munson / Marian Munson
The Millionaire

The Millionaire (1955)

TV
Mrs. Ogle
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)

TV
5.98
Mamie Eunson
Climax!

Climax! (1954)

TV
Lassie

Lassie (1954)

TV
8
Verity Wade
A Lion Is in the Streets

A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

Movie
Mrs. Strawn
Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta (1953)

TV
Sarah Jane Skaggs
The Lone Hand

The Lone Hand (1953)

Movie
Revere Muldoon
Seminole

Seminole (1953)

Movie
Julia Lanning
Last of the Comanches

Last of the Comanches (1953)

Movie
Ellen Newman / Lorraine
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater (1953)

TV
Marta Linden
The Ford Television Theatre

The Ford Television Theatre (1952)

TV
Betsey Bennet
The First Time

The First Time (1952)

Movie
Ginny Morgan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

TV
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone (1951)

Movie
Dr. Helen Hunt
Emergency Wedding

Emergency Wedding (1950)

Movie
Amy Lawrence
The Jackpot

The Jackpot (1950)

Movie
Jacqueline 'Jackie' Walsh
And Baby Makes Three

And Baby Makes Three (1949)

Movie
Ellen Clark
Jolson Sings Again

Jolson Sings Again (1949)

Movie
Mary Woodry
The Window

The Window (1949)

Movie
Martha Gregory
The Clay Pigeon

The Clay Pigeon (1949)

Movie
Miss Brand
The Boy with Green Hair

The Boy with Green Hair (1948)

Movie
Vickie
A Likely Story

A Likely Story (1947)

Movie
Mary
Lady Luck

Lady Luck (1946)

Movie
Abby Drake
First Yank into Tokyo

First Yank into Tokyo (1945)

Movie
Rill Lambeth
West of the Pecos

West of the Pecos (1945)

Movie
Peggy Callahan
The Falcon in Hollywood

The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)

Movie
3.5
Angie
Heavenly Days

Heavenly Days (1944)

Movie
Patty
Goin' to Town

Goin' to Town (1944)

Movie
Marion Colby
The Falcon Out West

The Falcon Out West (1944)

Movie
3.4
Miss Barlow
Prunes and Politics

Prunes and Politics (1944)

Movie
Katherine
Higher and Higher

Higher and Higher (1943)

Movie
Barbara Hale
Around the World

Around the World (1943)

Movie
Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Government Girl

Government Girl (1943)

Movie
Sarah Cavanaugh
The Iron Major

The Iron Major (1943)

Movie
Subway Passenger (Uncredited)
The Seventh Victim

The Seventh Victim (1943)

Movie
Girl seeking donations from Gildersleeve
Gildersleeve's Bad Day

Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)

Movie

Ratings

Average 6.09
Based on 110 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1922-04-18

Deathday
2017-01-26 (94 years old)

Birth Place
DeKalb, United States of America

Religion
Baháʼí Faith

Relationships
Bill Williams (1946-01-01 - 1992-01-01)

Children
William Katt

Citizenships
United States of America

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series


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