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Barbara Read

Barbara Read

Actress

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 children: Barbara ("Barbie") and William III ("Bobo"). The marriage was turbulent as both she and Talman suffered from alcohol problems. They divorced in 1960 with Barbara gaining custody of the children. Talman took over custody a year later when Barbara's alcoholism and mental/emotional problems became overbearing. Committed suicide at her Laguna Beach, California home when she turned on the gas jets of her stove and sealed the doors and windows. She left a suicide note blaming "ill health". Barbara Read bore a powerful likeness to Deanna Durbin, whose sister she was portraying in "Three Smart Girls". Date of Death: 11 December 1963, Laguna Beach, California (suicide)

Born: December 29, 1917 in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada

Died: December 11, 1963 (Age 45)

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Barbara Read  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
8.1
ActressRhoda Cooper1937
Movie
6.7
ActressAbbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)1948
Movie
6.4
ActressKay Craig1936
Movie
5.7
ActressMartha Higby (as Barbara Reed)1947
Movie
4.6
ActressMargo Lane (as Barbara Reed)1946
Movie
5.2
ActressMargo Lane (as Barbara Reed)1946
Movie
5.6
ActressHelen Middleton1940
Movie
5.6
ActressHelen Yates1940
Movie
5.6
ActressDotty Spencer1939
Movie
6.3
ActressJanet Marlowe1939
Movie
6.1
ActressPatricia Hammond1938
Movie
5.3
ActressMary Dale1942
Movie
5.2
ActressMargo Lane (as Barbara Reed)1946
Movie
4.5
ActressLinda Pearson1942
Movie
6.5
ActressClaire Saunders1938
Movie
6.5
ActressNan1937
Movie
5.5
ActressMitzi1946
Movie
5.9
ActressAileen Fenno1937
Movie
ActressPeggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed)1947
Movie
5.4
ActressClarice Stockbridge1937
Movie
6.1
ActressLucy1937
Movie
6.7
WritingStory1986
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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