About
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...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
LassieSeries • 1954
Adam-12Series • 1968
Climax!Series • 1954
Marcus Welby, M.D.Series • 1969
The Doris Day ShowSeries • 1968
The Ford Television TheatreSeries • 1952
Studio 57Series • 1954
The MillionaireSeries • 1955
Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries • 1955
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954
AirportMovie • 1970
Big WednesdayMovie • 1978
The Giant Spider InvasionMovie • 1975
The WindowMovie • 1949
The Boy with Green HairMovie • 1948
The Clay PigeonMovie • 1949
The Seventh VictimMovie • 1943
SeminoleMovie • 1953
Last of the ComanchesMovie • 1953
The Far HorizonsMovie • 1955
Perry Mason ReturnsMovie • 1985
The JackpotMovie • 1950