Barbara Read

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 children: Barbara ("Barbie") and William III ("Bobo"). The marriage was turbulent as both she and Talman suffered from alcohol problems. They divorced in 1960 with Barbara gaining custody of the children. Talman took over custody a year later when Barbara's alcoholism and mental/emotional problems became overbearing. Committed suicide at her Laguna Beach, California home when she turned on the gas jets of her stove and sealed the doors and windows. She left a suicide note blaming "ill health". Barbara Read bore a powerful likeness to Deanna Durbin, whose sister she was portraying in "Three Smart Girls". Date of Death: 11 December 1963, Laguna Beach, California (suicide)

  • Title: Barbara Read
  • Popularity: 2.058
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1917-12-29
  • Place of Birth: Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
  • Homepage:
  • Also Known As: Barbara French Read, Barbara Reed
img

Barbara Read Movies

  • 1937
    imgMovies

    Make Way for Tomorrow

    Make Way for Tomorrow

    7.551 1937 HD

    At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with...

    img
  • 1948
    imgMovies

    Coroner Creek

    Coroner Creek

    6 1948 HD

    A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.

    img
  • 1936
    imgMovies

    Three Smart Girls

    Three Smart Girls

    6.389 1936 HD

    The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and...

    img
  • 1947
    imgMovies

    Key Witness

    Key Witness

    4.6 1947 HD

    A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn't commit.

    img
  • 1946
    imgMovies

    The Missing Lady

    The Missing Lady

    4.7 1946 HD

    While investigating the theft of a valuable jade statue known as "The Missing Lady" -- and the subsequent murder of an art dealer -- imperceptible...

    img
  • 1946
    imgMovies

    The Shadow Returns

    The Shadow Returns

    5.3 1946 HD

    The Shadow (Kane Richmond) cracks a case of missing jewels, murder and plastics.

    img
  • 1946
    imgMovies

    Behind the Mask

    Behind the Mask

    4.6 1946 HD

    Falsely accused of murdering a crooked newspaper reporter, suave detective Lamont Cranston -- aka the Shadow -- vows to track down the real killer.

    img
  • 1940
    imgMovies

    Curtain Call

    Curtain Call

    7.3 1940 HD

    Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.

    img
  • 1940
    imgMovies

    Married and in Love

    Married and in Love

    5.3 1940 HD

    Two married couples become engulfed in a storm of emotional fury when Doctor Leslie Yates runs into writer Doris Wilding, his old college flame, whom...

    img
  • 1939
    imgMovies

    Sorority House

    Sorority House

    6.8 1939 HD

    A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.

    img
  • 1937
    imgMovies

    The Man Who Cried Wolf

    The Man Who Cried Wolf

    5.5 1937 HD

    An actor plots "the perfect crime" by confessing to murders he didn't commit.

    img
  • 1938
    imgMovies

    Midnight Intruder

    Midnight Intruder

    5.2 1938 HD

    A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.

    img
  • 1938
    imgMovies

    The Crime of Doctor Hallet

    The Crime of Doctor Hallet

    1 1938 HD

    Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.

    img
  • 1939
    imgMovies

    The Spellbinder

    The Spellbinder

    6 1939 HD

    Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through...

    img
  • 1942
    imgMovies

    Too Many Women

    Too Many Women

    4.8 1942 HD

    Thanks to a fib intended to ward off an annoying real estate developer, a young bachelor finds himself engaged to three different women and pursued...

    img
  • 1946
    imgMovies

    Death Valley

    Death Valley

    5 1946 HD

    A dance hall girl is murdered and her body robbed of a quantity of gold obtained illegally. The killer flees into Death Valley and encounters the...

    img
  • 1942
    imgMovies

    Rubber Racketeers

    Rubber Racketeers

    4.3 1942 HD

    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...

    img
  • 1937
    imgMovies

    The Mighty Treve

    The Mighty Treve

    6 1937 HD

    Story of a dog that is fanatically devoted to its master.

    img
  • 1947
    imgMovies

    Ginger

    Ginger

    1 1947 HD

    The adventures of a boy and his dog in a small town.

    img
  • 1937
    imgMovies

    Merry Go Round of 1938

    Merry Go Round of 1938

    5 1937 HD

    Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.

    img
  • 1937
    imgMovies

    The Road Back

    The Road Back

    7.25 1937 HD

    After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel to 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.

    img
  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Santabear's First Christmas

    Santabear's First Christmas

    8 1986 HD

    img