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
Gender: Female
Born On: 29-Dec-1917
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Barbara Read's Filmography on TV
List of programs starring Barbara Read on tv. Programs are sorted in order of last seen on tv. Last updated: Nov 26, 2024 9:07 AM
Coroner Creek (1948)
A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.
Coroner (1948)
A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.
Rubber Racketeers (1942)
Racketeer Gillin is paroled from prison and immediately goes to work trying to make an illegal buck from America's war effort. With rationing in effect the black market tire business is booming. Gillen's mob sets up car lots around town where they peddle stolen tires and "new" tires milled in the gangster's factories from cheap faulty materials. People begin to die in crashes as the defective tires fail. Bill Barry leads his fellow defense plant workers on a crusade to uncover the source of the