Acting
Barbara Read
- Born
- Dec 29, 1917 · Aged 45
- Died
- Dec 11, 1963
- Place of birth
- Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 21
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (2)
- Barbara French Read
- Barbara Reed
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…
