Such sad news to hear that BARBARA HALE passed away on January 26, 2017 , aged 94.
Famous for her role of Della Street in PERRY MASON, Barbara’s film career lasted approximately ten years and included 6 years at RKO.
Barbara was married to Bill Williams from 1946 till his death in 1992.
With Bill Williams
Barbara and Bill
There were 9 seasons of Perry Mason, from. 1957 to 1966. And the show became successful again in 1985, when Barbara and Raymond Burr reprised their roles for a series of TV movies, The Perry Mason Mysteries.
Barbara, Ray Collins, William Talman, Raymond Burr, William Hopper.
What a lineup.
Barbara’s son ,William Katt played Paul Drake Jr
Raymond Burr cultivated an orchid which he named after Barbara.
In her decade of movies, Barbara makes half a dozen westerns and several comedies and dramas. She costarred with Frank Sinatra, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, twice with Joel McCrea, Robert Mitchum, Robert Young and twice with Larry Parks. And twice with her husband Bill Williams.
With James Stewart.THE JACKPOT
With Frank Sinatra,HIGHER AND HIGHER
With Bill Williams,THE CLAY PIGEON
With Arthur Kennedy, Bobby Driscoll.THE WINDOW
With Larry Parks.JOLSON SINGS AGAIN
With Robert Young..AND BABY MAKES THREE.
With Charlton Heston.THE FAR HORIZONS
With Richard Greene.LORNA DOONE
With Joel McCrea.THE LONE HAND
THE OKLAHOMAN
One of Barbara’s film I dont know. Has anyone seen it?
Another one I have never seen,UNCHAINED(1955), with Elroy Hirsch
Two Barbara’s with Bill Williams in a TV movie THE MILLIONAIRE, in which Barbara played twins. Would love to see it.
I think I need to watch an episode of Perry Mason and be reminded of how much Barbara Hale will be missed.
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One of those I half thought would go on forever. She enjoyed a great long career with plenty of film work but will always be Della Street first and foremost in my mind.
RIP, Ms Hale.
I expect the film work would have continued if Perry Mason hadn’t come along.
Sad news, but she reached the grand old age of 94 . . . unlike John Hurt, who’s left us at 77.
I think Hale was underestimated as an actress because of the long role in Perry Mason, and yet, if you look at the strength of the main cast in that series, you realize just how good she was.
She certainly held her own with Burr, Talman , Hopper and Collins.