Barbara Hale

Actor

Born April 18, 1922 in DeKalb, Illinois, USA

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).

Filmography

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star

Della Street

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

Della Street

Perry Mason Returns

Della Street

Perry Mason Returns

Della Street

The Young Runaways

Mrs. Ogle

Big Wednesday

Mrs. Barlow

The Flight of the Grey Wolf

Mrs Hanson

The Giant Spider Invasion

Dr. Jenny Langer

Dinah!

Self

Chester, Yesterday’s Horse

Mrs. Belle Kincaid

The Red, White, and Black

Mrs. Alice Grierson

Airport

Sarah Demerest

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marjorie Brandon

The Doris Day Show

Thelma King

Adam-12

Bonnie Jessup

Buckskin

Sarah Cody

Desert Hell

Celie Edwards

Slim Carter

Allie Hanneman

Perry Mason

Della Street

The Oklahoman

Anne

7th Cavalry

Martha Kellogg

The Country Husband

Mrs. Julia Wiley

The Houston Story

Zoe Crane

Screen Director's Playhouse

June Waters

Unchained

Mary Davitt

The Far Horizons

Julia Hancock

The Millionaire

Kathy Munson / Marian Munson

The Wonderful World of Disney

Mrs. Ogle

Climax!

Mamie Eunson

Studio 57

Ruth

Lassie

A Lion Is in the Streets

Verity Wade Martin

Letter to Loretta

Mrs. Strawn

The Lone Hand

Sarah Jane Skaggs

Seminole

Revere

Last of the Comanches

Julia Lanning

General Electric Theater

Ellen Newman

The Ford Television Theatre

Marta Linden

The First Time

Betsey Bennett

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Ginny Morgan

Lorna Doone

Emergency Wedding

Dr. Helen Hunt

The Jackpot

Amy Lawrence

And Baby Makes Three

Jacqueline 'Jackie' Walsh

Jolson Sings Again

Ellen Clark

The Window

Mary Woodry

The Clay Pigeon

Martha Gregory

The Boy with Green Hair

Miss Brand

A Likely Story

Vicki

Lady Luck

Mary Audrey

First Yank into Tokyo

Abby Drake

West of the Pecos

Rill Lambeth

The Falcon in Hollywood

Peggy Callahan

Heavenly Days

Angie

Goin' to Town

Patty

The Falcon Out West

Marion Colby

Prunes and Politics

Miss Barlow

Higher and Higher

Katherine

Around the World

Barbara Hale

Government Girl

Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

The Iron Major

Sarah Cavanaugh

The Seventh Victim

Subway Passenger (Uncredited)

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

Girl seeking donations from Gildersleeve