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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- GenderandtheChangingFaceofHigherEducation
- Flowers and Revolution
- Historical representations and the gendered background of the 'past'
- Time to Talk
- When a Twin or Triplet Dies
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Film & TV
Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
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. Her career was over by…
Known for
- Coroner Creek — Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)1948
- Key Witness — Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)1947
- Ginger — Peggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed)1947
- Behind the Mask — Margo Lane1946
- The Missing Lady — Margo Lane1946
- The Shadow Returns — Margo Lane1946
- Death Valley — Mitzi1946
- Too Many Women — Linda Pearson1942
- Rubber Racketeers — Mary Dale1942
- Curtain Call — Helen Middleton1940
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1944-09-22
voice actor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barbara
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Port Arthur
- Place of death
- Laguna Beach
- Spouse
- William Talman
- Occupation
- film actor
- Image
- Barbara Read.jpg
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- date of death
- 1963-12-11
- date of birth
- 1917-12-29
- manner of death
- Suicide
- start of work period
- 1936-00-00
- end of work period
- 1951-00-00
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