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.
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 (1945); enjoyed top billing in both Lady Luck (1946) opposite Robert Young and The Window (1949) with Arthur Kennedy; and co-starred in Jolson Sings Again (1949), with Larry Parks playing Al Jolson and Hale as Jolson's wife, Ellen Clark. She played the top-billed title role in Lorna Doone (1951) and portrayed Julia Hancock in The Far Horizons (1955) with Fred MacMurray and Charlton Heston.
Her flourishing movie career more or less ended when Hale accepted her best known role, Della Street, secretary to attorney Perry Mason, in the TV series with Raymond Burr. The show ran from 1957 to 1966, and she reprised the role in several television movies. Her last performance to date was in 2000 at age 78. In 1967 she guest starred on the ABC series Custer. Hale also had a featured role in the 1970 ensemble film Airport, playing the wife of a jetliner pilot (Dean Martin).
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Filmography (Movies)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Character:Della Street
Release Date:10/04/1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Character:Della Street
Release Date:09/11/1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Character:Della Street
Release Date:10/05/1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Character:Della Street
Release Date:17/12/1993
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
Character:Della Street
Release Date:29/11/1993
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
Character:Della Street
Release Date:21/05/1993
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Character:Della Street
Release Date:19/02/1993
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
Character:Della Street
Release Date:30/10/1992
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
Character:Della Street
Release Date:05/05/1992
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
Character:Della Street
Release Date:01/03/1992
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
Character:Della Street
Release Date:24/09/1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Character:Della Street
Release Date:14/05/1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
Character:Della Street
Release Date:11/02/1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Character:Della Street
Release Date:06/01/1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Character:Della Street
Release Date:30/09/1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Character:Della Street
Release Date:20/05/1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Character:Della Street
Release Date:11/03/1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
Character:Della Street
Release Date:21/01/1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Character:Della Street
Release Date:09/11/1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Character:Della Street
Release Date:09/04/1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Character:Della Street
Release Date:12/02/1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
Character:Della Street
Release Date:15/05/1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Character:Della Street
Release Date:28/02/1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Character:Della Street
Release Date:15/11/1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
Character:Della Street
Release Date:04/10/1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Character:Della Street
Release Date:24/05/1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
Character:Della Street
Release Date:23/02/1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Character:Della Street
Release Date:08/11/1986
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
Character:Della Street
Release Date:29/05/1986
Perry Mason Returns
Character:Della Street
Release Date:01/12/1985
The Young Runaways
Character:Mrs. Ogle
Release Date:28/05/1978
Big Wednesday
Character:Mrs. Barlow
Release Date:26/05/1978
The Flight of the Grey Wolf
Character:Mrs Hanson
Release Date:14/03/1976
The Giant Spider Invasion
Character:Dr. Jenny Langer
Release Date:16/10/1975
Chester, Yesterday’s Horse
Character:Mrs. Belle Kincaid
Release Date:04/03/1973
The Red, White, and Black
Character:Mrs. Alice Grierson
Release Date:16/12/1970
Airport
Character:Sarah Demerest
Release Date:25/03/1970
Buckskin
Character:Sarah Cody
Release Date:01/05/1968
Desert Hell
Character:Celie Edwards
Release Date:25/06/1958
Slim Carter
Character:Allie Hanneman
Release Date:01/11/1957
The Oklahoman
Character:Anne
Release Date:19/05/1957
7th Cavalry
Character:Martha Kellogg
Release Date:01/12/1956
The Country Husband
Character:Mrs. Julia Wiley
Release Date:01/11/1956
The Houston Story
Character:Zoe Crane
Release Date:01/02/1956
Meet the Governor
Character:June Waters
Release Date:05/10/1955
Unchained
Character:Mary Davitt
Release Date:25/08/1955
The Far Horizons
Character:Julia Hancock
Release Date:04/07/1955
A Lion Is in the Streets
Character:Verity Wade
Release Date:23/09/1953
The Lone Hand
Character:Sarah Jane Skaggs
Release Date:20/05/1953
Seminole
Character:Revere
Release Date:20/03/1953
Last of the Comanches
Character:Julia Lanning
Release Date:01/02/1953
The First Time
Character:Betsey Bennett
Release Date:31/01/1952
Lorna Doone
Character:Lorna Doone
Release Date:31/05/1951
Emergency Wedding
Character:Dr. Helen Hunt
Release Date:15/11/1950
The Jackpot
Character:Amy Lawrence
Release Date:01/11/1950
And Baby Makes Three
Character:Jacqueline 'Jackie' Walsh
Release Date:02/12/1949
Jolson Sings Again
Character:Ellen Clark
Release Date:17/08/1949
The Window
Character:Mary Woodry
Release Date:10/05/1949
The Clay Pigeon
Character:Martha Gregory
Release Date:03/03/1949
The Boy with Green Hair
Character:Miss Brand
Release Date:26/11/1948
A Likely Story
Character:Vicki
Release Date:18/04/1947
Lady Luck
Character:Mary Audrey
Release Date:30/10/1946
First Yank into Tokyo
Character:Abby Drake
Release Date:05/09/1945
West of the Pecos
Character:Rill Lambeth
Release Date:10/08/1945
The Falcon in Hollywood
Character:Peggy Callahan
Release Date:08/12/1944
Heavenly Days
Character:Angie
Release Date:20/10/1944
Goin' to Town
Character:Patty
Release Date:01/09/1944
The Falcon Out West
Character:Marion Colby
Release Date:17/03/1944
Prunes and Politics
Character:Miss Barlow
Release Date:07/01/1944
Higher and Higher
Character:Katherine
Release Date:31/12/1943
Around the World
Character:Barbara Hale
Release Date:27/11/1943
Government Girl
Character:Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Release Date:05/11/1943
The Iron Major
Character:Sarah Cavanaugh
Release Date:31/10/1943
The Seventh Victim
Character:Subway Passenger (Uncredited)
Release Date:21/08/1943
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Character:Girl seeking donations from Gildersleeve
Release Date:10/05/1943
Television Appearances
Perry Mason Returns
Character:Della Street
Dinah!
Character:Self
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Marjorie Brandon
The Doris Day Show
Character:Thelma King
Adam-12
Character:Bonnie Jessup
Perry Mason
Character:Della Street
Screen Director's Playhouse
Character:June Waters
The Millionaire
Character:Kathy Munson / Marian Munson
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Mrs. Ogle
Climax!
Character:Mamie Eunson
Studio 57
Character:Ruth
Lassie
Character:
Letter to Loretta
Character:Mrs. Strawn
General Electric Theater
Character:Ellen Newman
General Electric Theater
Character:Lorraine
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Marta Linden
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Katherine Charles
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Ginny Morgan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:
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