Barbara Read
Acting
Born: 1917-12-29 · Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1963-12-11
Biography
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 childre
🎬 Movies (22)
Santabear's First Christmas
1986
Story
Coroner Creek
1948
Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)
Key Witness
1947
Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)
Ginger
1947
Peggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed)
Behind the Mask
1946
Margo Lane
The Missing Lady
1946
Margo Lane
The Shadow Returns
1946
Margo Lane
Death Valley
1946
Mitzi
Too Many Women
1942
Linda Pearson
Rubber Racketeers
1942
Mary Dale
Curtain Call
1940
Helen Middleton
Married and in Love
1940
Helen Yates
Sorority House
1939
Dotty Spencer
The Spellbinder
1939
Janet Marlowe
Midnight Intruder
1938
Patricia Hammond
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
1938
Claire Saunders
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
Rhoda Cooper
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
Nan
The Mighty Treve
1937
Aileen Fenno
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937
Clarice Stockbridge
The Road Back
1937
Lucy
Three Smart Girls
1936
Kay Craig