Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
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Barbara French Read, also known as Barbara Reed, (December 29, 1917 – December 12, 1963) was a Canadian-American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, who appeared in 21 films during her career.
Barbara Read was born on 29 December 1917 in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Make Way for Tomorrow (1937), Three Smart Girls (1936) and The Spellbinder (1939). She was married to William Talman, Willard Edward Josephy, John Pershing Crawford and William Paul III.
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- Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
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- Laguna Beach, California, USA
Barbara Read was born on 29 December 1917 in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Make Way for Tomorrow (1937), Three Smart Girls (1936) and The Spellbinder (1939). She was married to William Talman, Willard Edward Josephy, John Pershing Crawford and William Paul III.
- December 29, 1917
- December 11, 1963
Barbara Read bore a powerful likeness to Deanna Durbin, whose sister she was portraying in "Three Smart Girls". Date of Death: 11 December 1963, Laguna Beach, California (suicide) Born in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, Barbara Read was the daughter of a contractor.
Barbara Read & Her Heartbreaking Suicide. Barbara Read was a promising starlet who tragically committed suicide in 1963. She was born Barbara French Read on December 29, 1917 in Port Arthur, Canada. Her father, John Howard Read, was a contractor.
Barbara Read. December 29, 1917 — December 11, 1963 • 45 y.o. (106) Actress. Facts. Born Barbara French Read on December 29, 1917, the daughter of contractor John Howard Read and Nancy Elizabeth Collier, in Port Arthur, Ontario. Read moved to California in the mid-1930s.
Barbara Read was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Read kickstarted her acting career in various films such as the dramatic adaptation "Make Way For Tomorrow" (1937) with Victor Moore, the Bert Lahr comedy "Merry-Go-Round of 1938" (1937) and the Lewis Stone crime picture "The...
