Barbara Hale

Biography: According to her Rockford, Illinois, high-school yearbook, Barbara Hale hoped to make a career for herself as a commercial artist. Instead, she found herself posing for artists as a professional model. This led to a movie contract at RKO Radio, where she worked her way up from "B"s like The Falcon in Hollywood (1945) to such top-of-the-bill attractions as A Likely Story (1947) and The Boy With Green Hair (1949). She continued to enjoy star billing at Columbia, where among other films she essayed the title role in Lorna Doone (1952). Her popularity dipped a bit in the mid-1950s, but she regained her following in the Emmy-winning role of super-efficient legal secretary Della Street on the Perry Mason TV series. She played Della on a weekly basis from 1957 through 1966, and later appeared in the irregularly scheduled Perry Mason two-hour TV movies of the 1980s and 1990s. The widow of movie leading man Bill Williams, Barbara Hale was the mother of actor/director William Katt. HaleAccording to her Rockford, Illinois, high-school yearbook, Barbara Hale hoped to make a career for herself as a commercial artist. Instead, she found herself posing for artists as a professional model. This led to a movie contract at RKO Radio, where she worked her way up from "B"s like The Falcon in Hollywood (1945) to such top-of-the-bill attractions as A Likely Story (1947) and The Boy With Green Hair (1949). She continued to enjoy star billing at Columbia, where among other films she essayed the title role in Lorna Doone (1952). Her popularity dipped a bit in the mid-1950s, but she regained her following in the Emmy-winning role of super-efficient legal secretary Della Street on the Perry Mason TV series. She played Della on a weekly basis from 1957 through 1966, and later appeared in the irregularly scheduled Perry Mason two-hour TV movies of the 1980s and 1990s. The widow of movie leading man Bill Williams, Barbara Hale was the mother of actor/director William Katt. Hale died in 2017, at age 94. Expand

Barbara Hale's Scores

  • TV
Average career score: 68
Highest Metascore: 68 Perry Mason (2020): Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 68 Perry Mason (2020): Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
1 tv review
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
68 Perry Mason (2020): Season 1 Jun 21, 2020 Barbara Hale 6.0
tbd Perry Mason: Season 12 Dec 17, 1993 Della Street tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 11 Feb 12, 1989 Della Street tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 10 Dec 1, 1985 Della Street tbd
tbd Ironside: Season 5 Sep 14, 1971 Actor / Barbara Hale tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 9 Sep 12, 1965 Della Street / Della Street tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 8 Sep 24, 1964 Della Street / Della Street tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 7 Sep 26, 1963 Della Street / Della Street tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 6 Sep 27, 1962 Della Street / Della Street tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 5 Sep 2, 1961 Della Street / Della Street tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 4 Sep 17, 1960 Della Street / Della Street tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 3 Oct 3, 1959 Della Street / Della Street tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 2 Sep 20, 1958 Della Street / Della Street tbd
tbd Perry Mason: Season 1 Sep 21, 1957 Della Street / Della Street tbd