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Barbara Read Died at age: 45

Actor | Producer

    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 l

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    Coroner Creek

    Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed) ( Actor )

    ... 1948

    Key Witness

    Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed) ( Actor )

    ... 1947

    Ginger

    Peggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed) ( Actor )

    ... 1947

Fullname:

Barbara Read

Date of Birth:

Dec 29, 1917

Country of birth:

Canada

Died:

Dec 11, 1963

Biography of

Barbara Read

    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)

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Filmography of

Barbara Read

Found 21 Movies in total

Coroner Creek

Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed) ( Actor )

... 1948

Key Witness

Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed) ( Actor )

... 1947

Ginger

Peggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed) ( Actor )

... 1947

The Missing Lady

Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed) ( Actor )

... 1946

Death Valley

Mitzi ( Actor )

... 1946

Behind the Mask

Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Shadow Returns

Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed) ( Actor )

... 1946

Rubber Racketeers

Mary Dale ( Actor )

... 1942

Too Many Women

Linda Pearson ( Actor )

... 1942

Curtain Call

Helen Middleton ( Actor )

... 1940

Married and in Love

Helen Yates ( Actor )

... 1940

The Spellbinder

Janet Marlowe ( Actor )

... 1939

Sorority House

Dotty Spencer ( Actor )

... 1939

The Crime of Doctor Hallet

Claire Saunders ( Actor )

... 1938

Midnight Intruder

Patricia Hammond ( Actor )

... 1938

Merry Go Round of 1938

Clarice Stockbridge ( Actor )

... 1937

... 1937

The Road Back

Lucy ( Actor )

... 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

Rhoda Cooper ( Actor )

... 1937

The Mighty Treve

Aileen Fenno ( Actor )

... 1937

Three Smart Girls

Kay Craig ( Actor )

... 1936