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Barbara Hale

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Barbara was born on 18 April 1922, as one of two children. As a young girl, Ms. Hale intended to major in art and drawing; she began her professional career as a model for a comic strip called "Ramblin' Bill", during the time she was working her way through The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. She married actor Bill Williams in 1946, and had son William Katt in 1951. See full bio »

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1995 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1994 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1994 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1993 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1993 Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1993 Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1993 Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1992 Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1992 Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1992 Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1991 Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1991 Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1991 Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1991 Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1988 Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1988 Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1987 Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1987 Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1987 Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1987 Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1986 Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1986 Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1985 Perry Mason Returns (TV movie)
Della Street
 
1982 The Greatest American Hero (TV series)
Paula Hinkley
– Who's Woo in America (1982) … Paula Hinkley
 
1978 Big Wednesday
Mrs. Barlow
 
1973-1978 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Mrs. Hanson / Belle Kincaid / Mrs. Ogle
– The Young Runaways (1978) … Mrs. Ogle
– The Flight of the Grey Wolf: Part 2 (1976) … Mrs. Hanson
– The Flight of the Grey Wolf: Part 1 (1976) … Mrs. Hanson
– Chester, Yesterday's Horse (1973) … Belle Kincaid
 
1976 The Flight of the Grey Wolf (TV movie)
Mrs. Hanson
 
1975 The Giant Spider Invasion
Dr. Jenny Langer
 
1974 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Marjorie
– The Faith of Childish Things (1974) … Marjorie
 
1973 Chester, Yesterday's Horse (TV movie)
Mrs. Belle Kincaid
 
1972 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
Thelma King
– Doris' House Guest (1972) … Thelma King
 
1971 Adam-12 (TV series)
Bonnie Jessup
– Pick-up (1971) … Bonnie Jessup
 
1971 Ironside (TV series)
Marsha Connell
– Murder Impromptu (1971) … Marsha Connell
 
1970 The Most Deadly Game (TV series)
– Model for Murder (1970)
 
1970 The Red, White, and Black
Mrs. Alice Grierson
 
1970 Airport
Sarah Demerest
 
1969 Lassie (TV series)
Sarah Caldwell
– Lassie and the Water Bottles (1969) … Sarah Caldwell
 
1969 Insight (TV series)
Mom
– A Thousand Red Flowers (1969) … Mom
 
1968 Buckskin
Sarah Cody
 
1967 Custer (TV series)
Melinda Terry
– Death Hunt (1967) … Melinda Terry
 
1957-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Della Street
– The Case of the Final Fade-Out (1966) … Della Street
– The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper (1966) … Della Street
– The Case of the Positive Negative (1966) … Della Street
– The Case of the Misguided Model (1966) … Della Street
– The Case of the Dead Ringer (1966) … Della Street
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1955-1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Ellen Newman / Lorraine
– Night Club (1959) … Lorraine
– The Windmill (1955) … Ellen Newman
 
1958 Desert Hell
Celie Edwards
 
1957 Slim Carter
Allie Hanneman
 
1957 The Oklahoman
Anne Barnes
 
1956-1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Mrs. Julia Wiley / Undetermined Role
– The Blackwell Story (1957) … Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
– The Country Husband (1956) … Mrs. Julia Wiley
 
1956 7th Cavalry
Martha Kellogg
 
1956 The Millionaire (TV series)
Kathy Munson / Marian Munson
– The Kathy Munson Story (1956) … Kathy Munson/Marian Munson
 
1956 Star Stage (TV series)
– The Guardian (1956)
 
1956 Crossroads (TV series)
Jane Sherman
– Lifeline (1956) … Jane Sherman
 
1952-1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Marta Linden / Nora White
– Behind the Mask (1956) … Nora White
– Remember to Live (1954) … Marta Linden
– The Divided Heart (1952)
 
1956 The Houston Story
Zoe Crane
 
1956 Damon Runyon Theater (TV series)
Wendy Longfield
– The Good Luck Kid (1956) … Wendy Longfield
 
1956 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Mrs. Strawn
– The Challenge (1956) … Mrs. Strawn
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
Mamie Eunson
– The Day They Gave Babies Away (1955) … Mamie Eunson
 
1955 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
Nancy Stanton / Pat Hastings
– The Hastings Secret (1955) … Pat Hastings
– Conversation with an Ape (1955) … Nancy Stanton
 
1955 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
– He Knew All About Women (1955)
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
June Waters
– Meet the Governor (1955) … June Waters
 
1955 Studio 57 (TV series)
Ruth Thompson
– Young Couples Only (1955) … Ruth Thompson
 
1955 The Far Horizons
Julia Hancock
 
1953-1955 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Ginny Morgan
– Tourists--Overnight (1955)
– Vacation for Ginny (1953) … Ginny Morgan
 
1955 Unchained
Mary Davitt
 
1955 Young Couples Only (TV short)
Ruth
 
1953 A Lion Is in the Streets
Verity Wade
 
1953 Footlights Theater (TV series)
Katherine Charles
– Change of Heart (1953) … Katherine Charles
 
1953 The Lone Hand
Sarah Jane Skaggs
 
1953 Seminole
Revere
 
1953 Last of the Comanches
Julia Lanning
 
1952 Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Barbara Hale (uncredited)
 
1952 The First Time
Betsey Bennet
 
1951 Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
 
1950 Emergency Wedding
Dr. Helen Hunt
 
1950 The Jackpot
Amy Lawrence
 
1949 And Baby Makes Three
Jacqueline 'Jackie' Walsh
 
1949 Jolson Sings Again
Ellen Clark
 
1949 The Window
Mrs. Mary Woodry
 
1949 The Clay Pigeon
Martha Gregory
 
1948 The Boy with Green Hair
Miss Brand
 
1947 A Likely Story
Vickie North
 
1946 Lady Luck
Mary Audrey
 
1945 First Yank Into Tokyo
Abby Drake
 
1945 West of the Pecos
Rill Lambeth
 
1944 The Falcon in Hollywood
Peggy Callahan
 
1944 Heavenly Days
Angie
 
1944 Goin' to Town
Patty
 
1944 The Falcon Out West
Marion Colby
 
1944 Prunes and Politics (short)
 
1943 Higher and Higher
Katherine Keating
 
1943 Around the World
Barbara Hale (uncredited)
 
1943 Government Girl
Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
 
1943 Gildersleeve on Broadway
Stocking Salesgirl (uncredited)
 
1943 The Iron Major
Sarah Cavanaugh (uncredited)
 
1943 The Seventh Victim
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
 
1943 Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Girl at Airport (uncredited)
 
1943 Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Girl at Party Getting Peavey to Donate (uncredited)
 
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1943 Higher and Higher (performer: "The Music Stopped" 1943, "You're On Your Own" 1943 / "I Saw You First" 1943)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2013 Travelers (short) (the producers wish to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Raymond Burr: The Case of the TV Legend (2000) … Herself
 
1993 The Defense Rests: A Tribute to Raymond Burr (TV special)
Herself - Host
 
1993 Vicki! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 April 1993 (1993) … Herself
 
1976 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode #2.112 (1976) … Herself - Guest
 
1963 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 8 July 1963 (1963) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– John Forsythe vs. Barbara Hale (1963) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1960 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 20 December 1960 (1960) … Herself
– Episode #1.8 (1960) … Herself
 
1959 The Juke Box Jury (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 29 May 1959 (1959) … Herself
 
1959 The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1955 Place the Face (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 July 1955 (1955) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2003 MythBusters (TV series documentary)
 

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(July 30, 1956) Guested on the late night television program "Stairway to Stardom" with her husband Bill Williams. See more »

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Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)
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[about making West of the Pecos] I told the director, Edward Killy, about casting a smaller role in the film for Bill Williams [her future husband]. Killy was sort of a stocky man, and had a cigar. He was a short man, and that cigar was about as big as he was . . . He smoked all the time! But he said... See more »

Trivia:

She has three children. Jody Katt (born 1947), William Katt (1951) and Juanita Katt (1953). See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Aries