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Ginger1947* 9.0
Three Smart Girls1936* 6.5
Death Valley1946* 5.7
Make Way for Tomorrow1937* 7.5
Coroner Creek1948* 6.2
The Missing Lady1946* 4.8
Too Many Women1942* 5.8
Married and in Love1940* 5.7
The Crime of Doctor Hallet1938* 10.0
Merry Go Round of 19381937* 7.5
The Man Who Cried Wolf1937* 7.0
Key Witness1947* 4.8
The Spellbinder1939* 6.2
The Mighty Treve1937* 7.5
Rubber Racketeers1942* 5.5
The Road Back1937* 6.7
Behind the Mask1946* 5.5
The Shadow Returns1946* 5.8
Curtain Call1940* 7.2
Midnight Intruder1938* 5.9
Sorority House1939* 7.1

Barbara Read
ActingBorn 29 Dec 1917Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
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 su…
Known For & Filmography
Ginger1947* 9.0
Three Smart Girls1936* 6.5
Death Valley1946* 5.7
Make Way for Tomorrow1937* 7.5
Coroner Creek1948* 6.2
The Missing Lady1946* 4.8
Too Many Women1942* 5.8
Married and in Love1940* 5.7
The Crime of Doctor Hallet1938* 10.0
Merry Go Round of 19381937* 7.5
The Man Who Cried Wolf1937* 7.0
Key Witness1947* 4.8
The Spellbinder1939* 6.2
The Mighty Treve1937* 7.5
Rubber Racketeers1942* 5.5
The Road Back1937* 6.7
Behind the Mask1946* 5.5
The Shadow Returns1946* 5.8
Curtain Call1940* 7.2
Midnight Intruder1938* 5.9
Sorority House1939* 7.1Data by TMDB. Not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
