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Barbara Read is a Actor Canadienne born on 29 december 1917

Barbara Read

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Nationality Canada
Birth 29 december 1917
Death 11 december 1963 (at 45 years)

Barbara Read (ou encore Barbara Reed) est une actrice canadienne, née le 29 décembre 1917 à Port-Arthur, Ontario (Canada) et morte le 11 décembre 1963 à Laguna Beach en Californie.

Biography

Barbara Read débute au cinéma en 1936 et figure dans un peu plus d'une vingtaine de films, dont Trois jeunes filles à la page, Behind the Mask, The Shadow Returns. Elle joue pour la dernière fois en 1951 dans une série télévisée, Racket Squad, puis elle met fin à sa carrière. Elle se suicide en 1963, à l'âge de 45 ans.

Usually with

Roy Webb
Roy Webb
(3 films)
Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
(3 films)
Leo McCarey
Leo McCarey
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Barbara Read (15 films)

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Actress

Coroner Creek
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Marguerite Chapman, George Macready, Sally Eilers, Edgar Buchanan, Barbara Read
Roles Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)
Rating65% 3.2904653.2904653.2904653.2904653.290465
Vowing revenge after his fiancée is abducted from a stagecoach and ends up dead, Chris Denning (Randolph Scott) rides into the town of Coroner Creek seeking the man responsible.
Ginger
Ginger (1947)
, 1h7
Directed by Oliver Drake
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Frank Albertson, Barbara Read, Janet Burston, Dick Elliott
Roles Peggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed)

Key Witness, 1h7
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors John Beal, Trudy Marshall, Barbara Read, Wilton Graff, Charles Trowbridge, Harry Hayden
Roles Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)
Rating57% 2.8911352.8911352.8911352.8911352.891135
A man runs away to avoid suspicion of murder and ends up in more trouble.
The Shadow Returns, 1h1
Directed by William Beaudine, Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Crime
Themes Superhero films
Actors Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, Tom Dugan, Joseph Crehan, Pierre Watkin, Frank Reicher
Roles Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed)
Rating54% 2.714322.714322.714322.714322.71432
Private detective Lamont Cranston steps in to solve a murder for the police with the assistance of his alter ego The Shadow.
Rubber Racketeers, 1h7
Directed by Harold Young
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Ricardo Cortez, Rochelle Hudson, Barbara Read, John Abbott, William Henry, Dewey Robinson
Roles Mary Dale
Rating55% 2.777282.777282.777282.777282.77728
A man (Ricardo Cortez) recently released from prison gets involved with the black market in synthetic rubber during wartime. The synthetic rubber is blamed for several people being killed in car accidents due to blowouts.
Too Many Women, 1h7
Directed by Bernard B. Ray
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Neil Hamilton, June Lang, Joyce Compton, Barbara Read, Marlo Dwyer, Maurice Cass
Roles Linda Pearson
Rating47% 2.3958752.3958752.3958752.3958752.395875
Unsure of their financial situation, Richard Sutton and Linda Pearson have postponed their plans to marry to when they have a steady income. To be able to turn down a job offer he doesn't like, he pretends to have inherited money from a relative. Problem arises as his grandmother hears of the inheritance and believes it is a particular wealthy uncle Woodrow in Brazil who has thrown in the towel, leaving his $3 Million to Richard. She is also unaware of Richard's engagement to Linda.
Curtain Call, 1h3
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Barbara Read, Michael Caine, Alan Mowbray, James Spader, Donald MacBride, Maggie Smith
Roles Helen Middleton
Rating58% 2.909082.909082.909082.909082.90908
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find. The producer and director conspire of giving the actress a dreadful role to play from the script of "The End of Everything". The plot to mislead the actress, however, backfires when she loves the role and gives a stellar performance, which turns the play into a hit.
Married and in Love, 59minutes
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Alan Marshal, Patric Knowles, Barbara Read, Helen Vinson, Frank Faylen, Carol Hughes
Roles Helen Yates
Rating58% 2.91112.91112.91112.91112.9111
Sorority House, 1h4
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Barbara Read, Pamela Blake, J. M. Kerrigan, Helen Wood
Roles Dotty Spencer
Rating59% 2.958212.958212.958212.958212.95821
Alice Fisher (Anne Shirley) is the daughter of Lew Fisher (J. M. Kerrigan), a grocery store owner. She is surprised when he reveals he has college money for her. Alice rolls into a boarding house and becomes friends with room mates Dotty Spencer (Barbara Read) and Merle Scott (Pamela Blake). Dotty suggests Alice to join a sorority if she spikes up her looks and earns a few more bucks.
The Spellbinder, 1h9
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Lee Tracy, Barbara Read, Patric Knowles, Allan Lane, Leonid Kinskey, Morgan Conway
Roles Janet Marlowe
Rating61% 3.092583.092583.092583.092583.09258
This script must be run from the command line
Make Way for Tomorrow, 1h31
Directed by Leo McCarey, Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall, Elisabeth Risdon
Roles Rhoda Cooper
Rating81% 4.0928654.0928654.0928654.0928654.092865
Barkley "Bark" (Victor Moore) and Lucy Cooper (Beulah Bondi) are an elderly couple who lose their home to foreclosure, as Barkley has been unable to find employment because of his age. They summon four of their five children—the fifth lives thousands of miles away in California—to break the news and decide where they will live until they can get back on their feet. Only one of the children, Nell (Minna Gombell), has enough space for both, but she asks for three months to talk her husband into the idea. In the meantime, the temporary solution is for the parents to split up and each live with a different child.
The Road Back, 1h37
Directed by James Whale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors John King, Richard Cromwell, Slim Summerville, Maurice Murphy, Andy Devine, John Emery
Roles Lucy
Rating63% 3.1944053.1944053.1944053.1944053.194405
The despair and disillusionment of four men who return to civilian life in Germany after the First World War.
Three Smart Girls, 1h24
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Deanna Durbin, Ray Milland, Nan Grey, Barbara Read, Binnie Barnes, Ernest Cossart
Roles Kay Craig
Rating65% 3.2965853.2965853.2965853.2965853.296585
En vacances en Suisse, les trois sœurs Craig apprennent le remariage prochain de leur père, divorcé de leur mère depuis plusieurs années. Cette dernière est restée fidèle à son ex-mari. Elles rentrent aussitôt à New York afin de sauver leur père des griffes de la vénale et mondaine Donna et de sa non moins vénale mère. Ce faisant, les deux sœurs ainées, Grey et Read, nourrissent de doux sentiments envers Bill Evans et le comte Michael Stuart. Les choses se compliquent lorsque Bill pense que Michael n'est pas comte et qu'il courtise Donna uniquement pour l'éloigner du père des sœurs Craig...