Born in DeKalb, Illinois, USA — Apr 18 1922• Died Jan 26 2017

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 start…
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Della Street

Bonnie Jessup


Mamie Eunson

Marjorie Brandon

Self

Marta Linden

Ruth

Kathy Munson / Marian Munson

Thelma King

June Waters

Mrs. Strawn

Mrs. Ogle

Sarah Demerest

Della Street

Ginny Morgan

Ellen Newman

Della Street

Della Street

Della Street

Della Street

Della Street

Della Street

Miss Brand

Della Street

Della Street

Della Street

Della Street

Della Street

Della Street

Della Street

Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Della Street

Della Street

Della Street

Anne

Della Street

Amy Lawrence

Mrs. Ogle

Della Street

Della Street

Subway Passenger (Uncredited)

Della Street

Della Street

Della Street

Martha Gregory

Allie Hanneman

Julia Hancock

Mary Woodry

Della Street

Della Street

Mrs. Barlow

Mary Audrey

Vicki

Dr. Jenny Langer

Peggy Callahan

Della Street

Della Street

Julia Lanning

Della Street

Lorna Doone

Martha Kellogg

Verity Wade

Revere

Della Street

Sarah Jane Skaggs

Della Street

Mary Davitt

Rill Lambeth

Barbara Hale

Jacqueline 'Jackie' Walsh

Katherine

Della Street

Sarah Cavanaugh

Abby Drake

Betsey Bennett

Sarah Cody

Mrs. Julia Wiley

Marion Colby

Dr. Helen Hunt

Girl seeking donations from Gildersleeve

Ellen Clark

Mrs. Alice Grierson

Angie

Zoe Crane

Celie Edwards

Miss Barlow
June Waters

Patty

Mrs Hanson

Mrs. Belle Kincaid