
Cast
Barbara Hale
Acting
Cast
Barbara Hale
Known for
Acting
Born
1922-04-18
From
DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Died
2017-01-26
Also known as ΠΠ°ΡΠ±Π°ΡΠ° Π₯Π΅ΠΉΠ», Ψ¨Ψ§Ψ±Ψ¨Ψ§Ψ±Ψ§ ΩΫΩ
Biography
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).

Airport
as Sarah Demerest

7th Cavalry
as Martha Kellogg

Lorna Doone
as Lorna Doone

The Oklahoman
as Anne

The Jackpot
as Amy Lawrence

Big Wednesday
as Mrs. Barlow

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
as Della Street

Desert Hell
as Celie Edwards

Seminole
as Revere

The Window
as Mary Woodry

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
as Della Street

Government Girl
as Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
as Della Street

Perry Mason Returns
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
as Della Street

Unchained
as Mary Davitt

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
as Della Street

The Seventh Victim
as Subway Passenger (Uncredited)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
as Della Street

The Far Horizons
as Julia Hancock

Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
as Della Street

The Young Runaways
as Mrs. Ogle

A Lion Is in the Streets
as Verity Wade Martin

Buckskin
as Sarah Cody

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
as Della Street

The Giant Spider Invasion
as Dr. Jenny Langer

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
as Della Street

A Likely Story
as Vicki

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
as Della Street

The Lone Hand
as Sarah Jane Skaggs

Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
as Della Street

And Baby Makes Three
as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Walsh

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
as Della Street

Last of the Comanches
as Julia Lanning

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
as Della Street

Higher and Higher
as Katherine

The Boy with Green Hair
as Miss Brand

Emergency Wedding
as Dr. Helen Hunt

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
as Della Street

Jolson Sings Again
as Ellen Clark

The Country Husband
as Mrs. Julia Wiley

The Falcon in Hollywood
as Peggy Callahan

The Iron Major
as Sarah Cavanaugh

West of the Pecos
as Rill Lambeth

Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
as Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
as Della Street

Prunes and Politics
as Miss Barlow

Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Girl seeking donations from Gildersleeve

Lady Luck
as Mary Audrey

Slim Carter
as Allie Hanneman

The First Time
as Betsey Bennett

Heavenly Days
as Angie

The Clay Pigeon
as Martha Gregory

The Falcon Out West
as Marion Colby

Around the World
as Barbara Hale

First Yank into Tokyo
as Abby Drake

The Red, White, and Black
as Mrs. Alice Grierson

Chester, Yesterdayβs Horse
as Mrs. Belle Kincaid

The Flight of the Grey Wolf
as Mrs Hanson

Meet the Governor
as June Waters

The Houston Story
as Zoe Crane

Goin' to Town
as Patty