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name: "Barbara Hale"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 April 1922"
died: "26 January 2017"
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average_as: "actor"
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# Barbara Hale

Actor. Born 18 April 1922 in DeKalb, Illinois, USA. Died 26 January 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 April 1922, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 26 January 2017
- **Also known as:** Барбара Хейл, باربارا هیل
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Hale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259571, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354853/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109701

## Biography

Barbara Hale was an American actress. She was born on 18 April 1922 in DeKalb, Illinois, and died on 26 January 2017.

Hale appeared in numerous films in the 1940s and 1950s under contract to RKO Radio Pictures. Her roles included Mary Woodry in *The Window* (1949) and Ellen Clark in *Jolson Sings Again* (1949). She played Sarah Demerest in the ensemble film *Airport* (1970).

She is best known for portraying legal secretary Della Street in the television series *Perry Mason* (1957–1966) and in 30 made-for-television films. The role earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1959. Her son is the actor William Katt.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Airport* (1970), Fi1m 56, as Sarah Demerest — [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)

## Complete filmography (90)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester* (1995), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor* (1994), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle* (1994), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives* (1993), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss* (1993), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host* (1993), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal* (1993), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride* (1992), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo* (1992), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing* (1992), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion* (1991), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin* (1991), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster* (1991), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter* (1991), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter* (1990), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer* (1990), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception* (1990), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen* (1990), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin* (1989), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder* (1989), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson* (1989), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake* (1988), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace* (1988), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel* (1987), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam* (1987), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit* (1987), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love* (1987), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star* (1986), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun* (1986), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason Returns* (1985), as Della Street
- *Perry Mason Returns* (1985), series, as Della Street
- *The Young Runaways* (1978), as Mrs. Ogle
- *Big Wednesday* (1978), as Mrs. Barlow
- *The Flight of the Grey Wolf* (1976), as Mrs Hanson
- *The Giant Spider Invasion* (1975), as Dr. Jenny Langer
- *Chester, Yesterday’s Horse* (1973), as Mrs. Belle Kincaid
- *The Red, White, and Black* (1970), as Mrs. Alice Grierson
- *Airport* (1970), as Sarah Demerest — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Marjorie Brandon
- *The Doris Day Show* (1968), series, as Thelma King
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Bonnie Jessup
- *Buckskin* (1968), as Sarah Cody
- *Desert Hell* (1958), as Celie Edwards
- *Slim Carter* (1957), as Allie Hanneman
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Della Street
- *The Oklahoman* (1957), as Anne
- *7th Cavalry* (1956), as Martha Kellogg
- *The Country Husband* (1956), as Mrs. Julia Wiley
- *The Houston Story* (1956), as Zoe Crane
- *Screen Director's Playhouse* (1955), series, as June Waters
- *Meet the Governor* (1955), as June Waters
- *Unchained* (1955), as Mary Davitt
- *The Far Horizons* (1955), as Julia Hancock
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Kathy Munson / Marian Munson
- *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1954), series, as Mrs. Ogle
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Mamie Eunson
- *Studio 57* (1954), series, as Ruth
- *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor
- *A Lion Is in the Streets* (1953), as Verity Wade Martin
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Mrs. Strawn
- *The Lone Hand* (1953), as Sarah Jane Skaggs
- *Seminole* (1953), as Revere
- *Last of the Comanches* (1953), as Julia Lanning
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Ellen Newman, Lorraine
- *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, as Marta Linden, Katherine Charles, Nora White
- *The First Time* (1952), as Betsey Bennett
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Ginny Morgan
- *Lorna Doone* (1951), as Lorna Doone
- *Emergency Wedding* (1950), as Dr. Helen Hunt
- *The Jackpot* (1950), as Amy Lawrence
- *And Baby Makes Three* (1949), as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Walsh
- *Jolson Sings Again* (1949), as Ellen Clark
- *The Window* (1949), as Mary Woodry
- *The Clay Pigeon* (1949), as Martha Gregory
- *The Boy with Green Hair* (1948), as Miss Brand
- *A Likely Story* (1947), as Vicki
- *Lady Luck* (1946), as Mary Audrey
- *First Yank into Tokyo* (1945), as Abby Drake
- *West of the Pecos* (1945), as Rill Lambeth
- *The Falcon in Hollywood* (1944), as Peggy Callahan
- *Heavenly Days* (1944), as Angie
- *Goin' to Town* (1944), as Patty
- *The Falcon Out West* (1944), as Marion Colby
- *Prunes and Politics* (1944), as Miss Barlow
- *Higher and Higher* (1943), as Katherine
- *Around the World* (1943), as Barbara Hale
- *Government Girl* (1943), as Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- *The Iron Major* (1943), as Sarah Cavanaugh
- *The Seventh Victim* (1943), as Subway Passenger (Uncredited)
- *Gildersleeve's Bad Day* (1943), as Girl seeking donations from Gildersleeve

## Gallery

- ![Photograph of Raymond Burr and other cast members on the set of the CBS-TV series Perry Mason, from the front cover of Look magazine (1961)](https://film.one/media/person/1244222/gallery-639d21466f55.jpg) Photograph of Raymond Burr and other cast members on the set of the CBS-TV series Perry Mason, from the front cover of Look magazine (1961) — Cowles Communications, Inc.; photograph by Robert Vose, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Larger%2C_Perry-Mason-Look-1961_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Larger%2C_Perry-Mason-Look-1961_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of Raymond Burr as Perry Mason and Barbara Hale as Della Street from the television series Perry Mason. (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/1244222/gallery-5b1b0238bd0c.jpg) Photo of Raymond Burr as Perry Mason and Barbara Hale as Della Street from the television series Perry Mason. (1958) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Raymond_Burr_Barbara_Hale_Perry_Mason_1958.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Barbara Hale](https://film.one/media/person/1244222/gallery-3bee50508551.jpg) Barbara Hale — Image via TMDB
- ![Barbara Hale](https://film.one/media/person/1244222/gallery-2f4a779dd462.jpg) Barbara Hale — Image via TMDB
- ![Barbara Hale](https://film.one/media/person/1244222/gallery-5322dda2895f.jpg) Barbara Hale — Image via TMDB
- ![Barbara Hale](https://film.one/media/person/1244222/gallery-f843732595fa.jpg) Barbara Hale — Image via TMDB
- ![Barbara Hale](https://film.one/media/person/1244222/gallery-4aa93f8944b9.jpg) Barbara Hale — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1959: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *Perry Mason*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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