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 the time she married actor William Talman, of "Perr...
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Make Way for Tomorrow
As Rhoda Cooper
Coroner Creek
As Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)
Three Smart Girls
As Kay Craig
Key Witness
As Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)
Behind the Mask
As Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed)
The Missing Lady
As Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed)
The Shadow Returns
As Margo Lane (as Barbara Reed)
Curtain Call
As Helen Middleton
Married and in Love
As Helen Yates
Sorority House
As Dotty Spencer
The Man Who Cried Wolf
As Nan
Midnight Intruder
As Patricia Hammond
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
As Claire Saunders
The Spellbinder
As Janet Marlowe
Too Many Women
As Linda Pearson
Death Valley
As Mitzi
Rubber Racketeers
As Mary Dale
The Mighty Treve
As Aileen Fenno
Ginger
As Peggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed)
Merry Go Round of 1938
As Clarice Stockbridge
The Road Back
As Lucy