Barbara Read

Personal Info

Birthday

December 29, 1917

Day of Death

1963-12-11

(45 years old)

Place of Birth

Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Barbara French Read

Barbara Reed

Barbara Read

Biography

Born in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, Barbara Read was the daughter of a contractor. Under contract to Columbia, she was paid but never used for a single picture.

She quit in disgust. She was later signed by Universal and was cast as one of the Craig sisters inThree Smart Girls (1936) along with Deanna Durbin and Nan Grey. This was Barbara's first and best remembered film.

Known For

Make Way for Tomorrow

Midnight Intruder

Three Smart Girls

Coroner Creek

Rubber Racketeers

The Spellbinder

The Man Who Cried Wolf

Married and in Love

Filmography

1948
Coroner Creek
as Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)
1947
Key Witness
as Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)
Ginger
as Peggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed)
1946
The Missing Lady
as Margo Lane
Death Valley
as Mitzi
Behind the Mask
as Margo Lane
The Shadow Returns
as Margo Lane
1942
Rubber Racketeers
as Mary Dale
Too Many Women
as Linda Pearson
1940
Curtain Call
as Helen Middleton
Married and in Love
as Helen Yates
1939
The Spellbinder
as Janet Marlowe
Sorority House
as Dotty Spencer
1938
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
as Claire Saunders
Midnight Intruder
as Patricia Hammond
1937
Merry Go Round of 1938
as Clarice Stockbridge
The Man Who Cried Wolf
as Nan
The Road Back
as Lucy
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Rhoda Cooper
The Mighty Treve
as Aileen Fenno
1936
Three Smart Girls
as Kay Craig