Barbara Read


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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...

Place of Birth: Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada

Date of Birth: Dec 29, 1917

Date of Death: Dec 11, 1963


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Filmography

Actress (17 Known Credits)


Coroner Creek

Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)

Key Witness

Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)

Behind the Mask

Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed)

The Missing Lady

Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed)

The Shadow Returns

Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed)

Too Many Women

Linda Pearson

Curtain Call

Helen Middleton

Sorority House

Dotty Spencer

The Spellbinder

Janet Marlowe

Midnight Intruder

Patricia Hammond

Coroner Creek (1948)
Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)
Key Witness (1947)
Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)
Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed)
Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed)
Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed)
Death Valley (1946)
Mitzi
Mary Dale
Linda Pearson
Curtain Call (1940)
Helen Middleton
Helen Yates
Dotty Spencer
Janet Marlowe
Patricia Hammond
Claire Saunders
Rhoda Cooper
Kay Craig

Story (1 Known Credits)


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