Barbara Read

Acting

Barbara Read

Born December 29, 1917 · Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada

Died December 11, 1963 · aged 45

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 t…

Known For

Make Way for TomorrowMake Way for Tomorrow · 1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
★ 7.51937
MovieDramaRomance
An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.
Married and in LoveMarried and in Love · 1940
Married and in Love
★ 5.71940
MovieDramaRomance
Two married couples become engulfed in a storm of emotional fury when Doctor Leslie Yates runs into writer Doris Wilding, his old college flame, whom he has not seen in ten years. After reminiscing about their past, Doris and Leslie make a dinner date with their respective spouses. On the eve of the Yates's dinner party, Leslie's wife Helen brings home a magazine article written by Doris, which sparks Leslie's memory of his separation from her.
Coroner CreekCoroner Creek · 1948
Coroner Creek
★ 6.21948
MovieWestern
A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.
Merry Go Round of 1938Merry Go Round of 1938 · 1937
Merry Go Round of 1938
★ 7.51937
MovieComedyRomance
Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.
The Man Who Cried WolfThe Man Who Cried Wolf · 1937
The Man Who Cried Wolf
★ 7.01937
MovieCrimeDrama
An actor plots "the perfect crime" by confessing to murders he didn't commit.
Three Smart GirlsThree Smart Girls · 1936
Three Smart Girls
★ 6.51936
MovieComedyRomance
The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and reunite him with their mother.
The Missing LadyThe Missing Lady · 1946
The Missing Lady
★ 4.81946
MovieScience FictionCrime
While investigating the theft of a valuable jade statue known as "The Missing Lady" -- and the subsequent murder of an art dealer -- imperceptible sleuth Lamont Cranston aka the Shadow finds himself being blamed for the crime. It doesn't help the Shadow's claims of innocence when more bodies begin piling up. Good thing he knows exactly who's guilty among an increasingly smaller group of suspects.
Curtain CallCurtain Call · 1940
Curtain Call
★ 7.21940
MovieComedy
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.

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