- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 18, 1922
- Place of Birth
- DeKalb, Illinois, USA
- Died
- January 26, 2017
Barbara Hale
Barbara Hale (April 18, 1922 - January 26, 2017) was an American actress best known for her role as legal secretary Della Street on more than 250 episodes of the long-running Perry Mason television series and in 30 made-for-TV movies. Hale was born in DeKalb, Illinois, to Luther Ezra Hale, a landscape gardener, and his wife, Wilma Colvin. She is of Scots-Irish ancestry. Hale graduated from high school in Rockford, Illinois, then attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, planning to become an artist. Her performing career began in Chicago when she started modeling to pay for her education. She moved to Hollywood in 1943, and made her first screen appearances playing small parts (often uncredited). Hale was under contract to RKO Radio Pictures through the late 1940s. She appeared in Higher and Higher (1943) with Frank Sinatra; played leading lady to Robert Mitchum in West of the Pecos (…
Filmography
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
1993 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
1993 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
1992 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
1992 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
1992 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
1991 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1991 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
1991 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
1990 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
1990 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
1990 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
1989 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
1988 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1988 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
1987 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1987 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
1987 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
1986 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
1986 · Della Street
moviePerry Mason Returns
1985 · Della Street
tvPerry Mason Returns
1985 · Della Street
movieThe Young Runaways
1978 · Mrs. Ogle
movieBig Wednesday
1978 · Mrs. Barlow
movieThe Flight of the Grey Wolf
1976 · Mrs Hanson
movieThe Giant Spider Invasion
1975 · Dr. Jenny Langer
tvDinah!
1974 · Self
movieChester, Yesterday’s Horse
1973 · Mrs. Belle Kincaid
movieThe Red, White, and Black
1970 · Mrs. Alice Grierson
movieAirport
1970 · Sarah Demerest
tvMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Marjorie Brandon
tvThe Doris Day Show
1968 · Thelma King
tvAdam-12
1968 · Bonnie Jessup
movieBuckskin
1968 · Sarah Cody
movieDesert Hell
1958 · Celie Edwards
movieSlim Carter
1957 · Allie Hanneman
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Della Street
movieThe Oklahoman
1957 · Anne
movie7th Cavalry
1956 · Martha Kellogg
movieThe Country Husband
1956 · Mrs. Julia Wiley
movieThe Houston Story
1956 · Zoe Crane
Meet the Governor
movieMeet the Governor
1955 · June Waters
tvScreen Director's Playhouse
1955 · June Waters
movieUnchained
1955 · Mary Davitt
movieThe Far Horizons
1955 · Julia Hancock
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Kathy Munson / Marian Munson
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Mrs. Ogle
tvClimax!
1954 · Mamie Eunson
tvStudio 57
1954 · Ruth
tvLassie
1954
movieA Lion Is in the Streets
1953 · Verity Wade Martin
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Mrs. Strawn
movieThe Lone Hand
1953 · Sarah Jane Skaggs
movieSeminole
1953 · Revere
movieLast of the Comanches
1953 · Julia Lanning
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Ellen Newman, Lorraine
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Marta Linden, Katherine Charles
movieThe First Time
1952 · Betsey Bennett
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Ginny Morgan
movieLorna Doone
1951 · Lorna Doone
movieEmergency Wedding
1950 · Dr. Helen Hunt
movieThe Jackpot
1950 · Amy Lawrence
movieAnd Baby Makes Three
1949 · Jacqueline 'Jackie' Walsh
movieJolson Sings Again
1949 · Ellen Clark
movieThe Window
1949 · Mary Woodry
movieThe Clay Pigeon
1949 · Martha Gregory
movieThe Boy with Green Hair
1948 · Miss Brand
movieA Likely Story
1947 · Vicki
movieLady Luck
1946 · Mary Audrey
movieFirst Yank into Tokyo
1945 · Abby Drake
movieWest of the Pecos
1945 · Rill Lambeth
movieThe Falcon in Hollywood
1944 · Peggy Callahan
movieHeavenly Days
1944 · Angie
movieGoin' to Town
1944 · Patty
movieThe Falcon Out West
1944 · Marion Colby
moviePrunes and Politics
1944 · Miss Barlow
movieHigher and Higher
1943 · Katherine
movieAround the World
1943 · Barbara Hale
movieGovernment Girl
1943 · Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
movieThe Iron Major
1943 · Sarah Cavanaugh
movieThe Seventh Victim
1943 · Subway Passenger (Uncredited)
movieGildersleeve's Bad Day
1943 · Girl seeking donations from Gildersleeve