Barbara Read
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 ch
Date of Death: 11 December 1963, Laguna Beach, California (suicide)
Born
Dec 29, 1917
Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
Died
Dec 11, 1963
Known For
Acting
Movies
21 acting
1 crew
Popularity
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