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Barbara Read‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1917-12-29

Popularity

star2.3

Barbara Read

Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada

Barbara Read

Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1917-12-29

Popularity

star2.3

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 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)

Movie Credits

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow‌
star7.5
calendar 1937

Coroner Creek

Coroner Creek‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Three Smart Girls

Three Smart Girls‌
star6.4
calendar 1936

Key Witness

Key Witness‌
star4.6
calendar 1947

Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask‌
star4.6
calendar 1946

The Missing Lady

The Missing Lady‌
star4.7
calendar 1946

The Shadow Returns

The Shadow Returns‌
star5.3
calendar 1946

Curtain Call

Curtain Call‌
star7.3
calendar 1940

Married and in Love

Married and in Love‌
star5.3
calendar 1940

Sorority House

Sorority House‌
star6.8
calendar 1939

The Man Who Cried Wolf

The Man Who Cried Wolf‌
star5.5
calendar 1937

Midnight Intruder

Midnight Intruder‌
star5.2
calendar 1938

The Crime of Doctor Hallet

The Crime of Doctor Hallet‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

The Spellbinder

The Spellbinder‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Too Many Women

Too Many Women‌
star4.8
calendar 1942

Death Valley

Death Valley‌
star5.0
calendar 1946

Rubber Racketeers

Rubber Racketeers‌
star4.3
calendar 1942

The Mighty Treve

The Mighty Treve‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Ginger

Ginger‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

Merry Go Round of 1938

Merry Go Round of 1938‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

The Road Back

The Road Back‌
star7.7
calendar 1937

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