Barbara Read
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Coroner Creek
1948
as Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)
Key Witness
1947
as Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)
Ginger
1947
as Peggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed)
Behind the Mask
1946
as Margo Lane
The Missing Lady
1946
as Margo Lane
The Shadow Returns
1946
as Margo Lane
Death Valley
1946
as Mitzi
Too Many Women
1942
as Linda Pearson
Rubber Racketeers
1942
as Mary Dale
Curtain Call
1940
as Helen Middleton
Married and in Love
1940
as Helen Yates
Sorority House
1939
as Dotty Spencer
The Spellbinder
1939
as Janet Marlowe
Midnight Intruder
1938
as Patricia Hammond
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
1938
as Claire Saunders
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Rhoda Cooper
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
as Nan
The Mighty Treve
1937
as Aileen Fenno
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937
as Clarice Stockbridge
The Road Back
1937
as Lucy
Three Smart Girls
1936
as Kay Craig