Barbara Hale

Barbara Hale

Born: April 18, 1922
Died: January 26, 2017
in DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Barbara Hale is 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 later reprising the role 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 started modeling to pay for her education. She moved to Hollywood in 1943, and made her first screen appearances playing small parts (often uncredited).

Hale was under contract to RKO Radio Pictures through the late 1940s. She appeared in Higher and Higher (1943) with Frank Sinatra; played leading lady to Robert Mitchum in West of the Pecos (1945); enjoyed top billing in both Lady Luck (1946) opposite Robert Young and The Window (1949) with Arthur Kennedy; and co-starred in Jolson Sings Again (1949), with Larry Parks playing Al Jolson and Hale as Jolson's wife, Ellen Clark. She played the top-billed title role in Lorna Doone (1951) and portrayed Julia Hancock in The Far Horizons (1955) with Fred MacMurray and Charlton Heston.

Her flourishing movie career more or less ended when Hale accepted her best known role, Della Street, secretary to attorney Perry Mason, in the TV series with Raymond Burr. The show ran from 1957 to 1966, and she reprised the role in several television movies. Her last performance to date was in 2000 at age 78. In 1967 she guest starred on the ABC series Custer. Hale also had a featured role in the 1970 ensemble film Airport, playing the wife of a jetliner pilot (Dean Martin).

Movies for Barbara Hale...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Character: Della Street
Released: April 10, 1995
Type: Movie
Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Character: Della Street
Released: November 9, 1994
Type: Movie
The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a friend of Perry Mason, is on the case.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Character: Della Street
Released: May 10, 1994
Type: Movie
A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Character: Della Street
Released: December 17, 1993
Type: Movie
Anthony Caruso, an old friend of Perry Mason, comes to Denver on the request of Dee Morrison. She's married to famed photographer David Morrison, who wants to shoot a photo featuring his former models. The tricky thing is that all of his former models are also his former wives. But Dee knows Anthony can convince them to do it which he does. And David shoots them. Later Dee catches David it what appears to be in an inappropriate situation with his assistant. They have an argument and she leaves. Later David is found dead and she's arrested and Anthony defends her. And he suspects it could have been one of the wives
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
Character: Della Street
Released: November 29, 1993
Type: Movie
On the set of a popular daytime soap opera 'Mile High', actress Kris Buckner is being forced off by co-star Mark Stratton. When she says that she'll 'kill him before she leaves the show', she makes herself the prime suspect when Stratton is murdered by someone poisoning him. As an old friend, Perry Mason comes to the help of Kris and agrees to defend her. Meanwhile Ken goes in search of information with the help of fan of the show.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
Character: Della Street
Released: May 21, 1993
Type: Movie
Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's owner. Winslow enrages the rest of the talk show hosts on the station by informing them of changes that he is making to their time slots. That night, Winslow is shot by a hit man hired by someone at the station and Sheila is set up for the murder. She calls in Perry and as usual Perry, Della and Ken swing into action to find out who really did it.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Character: Della Street
Released: February 19, 1993
Type: Movie
The owner of a cosmetics company is unveiling a new cream which she claims she's been using. She's been keeping her age a secret and now reveals that she's 60 and owes her appearance to the cream. She's later killed and the formula missing. Her husband is arrested and Perry defends him.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
Character: Della Street
Released: October 30, 1992
Type: Movie
Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremony the uncle of the bride is dead. Certainly this is a case for Perry Mason.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
Character: Della Street
Released: May 5, 1992
Type: Movie
Sleazy talk show host Ted Mayne writes a tell-all book, which enrages and embarrasses several very prominent women. One of them, actress Roxanne Shield, loses her composure during an interview and winds up making a televised death threat. Of course, when Ted is murdered, she is arrested. Witnesses claim they saw Roxanne outside his apartment that night and police later find the murder weapon in her car. Renowned defence attorney Perry Mason accepts the challenge of defending her in court.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
Character: Della Street
Released: March 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A painter, believed to be dead, returns to make allegations that a gallery owner is selling counterfeits of his work. Later, the artist is murdered.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
Character: Della Street
Released: September 24, 1991
Type: Movie
Della's friend is accused of murdering a rival fashion magazine editor.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Character: Della Street
Released: May 14, 1991
Type: Movie
David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity gala for disabled children. Also there is Perry and Della as all three are supporters of the charity. Kate Ford, an assistant with an arrogant attitude, tells David that she is, from now on, going to do an illusion in which an assistant is raised in a glass coffin only to disappear when the coffin is opened up in the air (while the assistant climbs out before the coffin is raised.) After a one night stand with David, Kate is pregnant and she blackmails David with this. David and his wife Judy can't have children so that comes as a double blow to them. However Kate, with her attitude, creates much hatred at her from the rest of the group. At the gala, the glass coffin is raised but when it opens Kate's dead body falls to the ground - strangled.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
Character: Della Street
Released: February 11, 1991
Type: Movie
A gangster who has commited all kinds of crimes is accused to have killed his wife. As he was not the murderer in this case Perry Mason intents to find the killer...
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Character: Della Street
Released: January 6, 1991
Type: Movie
Perry is at TV station "KGGY" to be interviewed but thanks to the interference of main anchor-person Brett Huston the interview is pulled. Mostly everybody hates Brett as Brett knows all the station workers secrets. He has also written a memo insulting all of the main station players - Vic St. John - the station manager, Twyla Cooper - the producer, Chuck Gilmore - the sports reporter, Gary Slate - the weatherman, Cassie Woodfield - the reporter and Gillian Pope. Brett is shot dead with Gillian's gun and therefore is arrested for the crime. Gillian calls in Perry, Della and Ken to investigate. As Della and Perry set out to solve the mystery, Ken gets close to Cassie but she is a suspect and when it appears that somebody is trying to kill her, the mystery deepens..
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Character: Della Street
Released: September 30, 1990
Type: Movie
A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Character: Della Street
Released: May 20, 1990
Type: Movie
Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Character: Della Street
Released: March 11, 1990
Type: Movie
Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
Character: Della Street
Released: January 21, 1990
Type: Movie
The chief suspects in the murder of an author are the numerous colleagues whom he continuously plagiarized.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Character: Della Street
Released: November 9, 1989
Type: Movie
A hockey player of friend of Ken Malansky's is accused of murdering a team owner. Perry takes the case.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Character: Della Street
Released: April 9, 1989
Type: Movie
A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Character: Della Street
Released: February 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Ken Malansky, a law student of Perry Mason's, is accused of murdering a fellow student. Perry is reluctant to take on his case as the victim was the son of a close friend.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
Character: Della Street
Released: May 15, 1988
Type: Movie
A woman suddenly disappears after an early morning walk, and her husband is accused of murder.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Character: Della Street
Released: February 28, 1988
Type: Movie
Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend the man.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Character: Della Street
Released: November 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Perry is suing a gutter trash newspaper that is running a story about a love affair between him and Della. The editor also has "dirt" files on an Army General, his banker and other "clients". All of them make little-concealed verbal threats to him at a party but the person that hated him most is a female reporter who the editor had just fired from the paper for attempting to write a serious story. She threatens him and soon after the editor is found, floating in his pool, shot. The reporter is arrested for the crime and Perry, who has a personal stake in this matter, with the aid of Della and Paul set out to solve the mystery. But the other suspects just want the case over with and will go to any lengths to protect their pasts and their secrets
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
Character: Della Street
Released: October 4, 1987
Type: Movie
Perry investigates the murder of a former madam and uncovers a multimillion dollar banking fraud in the process.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Character: Della Street
Released: May 24, 1987
Type: Movie
Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private assistant and the two remaining staff at the hotel to discuss business. They have come to the hotel as all of them are going to sue David over his new book - "The Resort" which characters are obviously based on Jordan and the guests. A practical joker, David plays tricks on them until he is thrown from the high tower of the hotel where Susan Warrenfield, the manager and owner of the hotel sees the fall and then Jordan at the tower causing the police to arrest Jordan. While Perry and Della try to solve the main mystery, Paul tries to find out who is trying to scare Susan away from the hotel. Could it really be a ghost or a more earthy visitor?
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
Character: Della Street
Released: February 23, 1987
Type: Movie
Perry must defend the husband of an old flame from a murder charge.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Character: Della Street
Released: November 8, 1986
Type: Movie
An actor rigs a fake shooting on TV with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the practical joke goes wrong when the gun turns out to contain a live round.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
Character: Della Street
Released: May 29, 1986
Type: Movie
A priest is murdered and the main suspect is a nun.
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Perry Mason Returns
Title: Perry Mason Returns
Character: Della Street
Released: December 1, 1985
Type: Movie
When his former secretary is accused of a murder, Perry Mason gives up a judgeship to defend her.
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The Young Runaways
Title: The Young Runaways
Character: Mrs. Ogle
Released: May 28, 1978
Type: Movie
Heartless parents C.L. Doyle and his wife take two of their older children, Rosebud & Joseph T. Doyle, on a family vacation to Alaska, but dump their younger ones, Freddy & Margaret Jean, in a Los Angeles foster home. Infuriated by this, Rosebud talks Joseph T. into running away with her so that they can break their younger siblings out of the system, which sparks a manhunt, and an outburst of sympathy among kids everywhere.
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Big Wednesday
Title: Big Wednesday
Character: Mrs. Barlow
Released: May 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
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The Giant Spider Invasion
Title: The Giant Spider Invasion
Character: Dr. Jenny Langer
Released: October 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A black hole hits North Wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for human flesh! Dr. Jenny Langer and Dr. Vance from NASA try to save the world.
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Title: Dinah!
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 1974
Type: TV
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.
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Chester, Yesterday’s Horse
Title: Chester, Yesterday’s Horse
Character: Mrs. Belle Kincaid
Released: March 4, 1974
Type: Movie
It's about the faith of a fourteen-year-old boy in the family Belgian draft horse named Chester who was used at the local logging company. Chester was retired when modern equipment became available for the logging industry. His owner, Ben Kincaid, was injured in an accident and his son, Silver, tried to earn the money the family needed by entering Chester in the County pulling contest. Chester beat the other draft horses but lost to the modern tractor.
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The Red, White, and Black
Title: The Red, White, and Black
Character: Mrs. Alice Grierson
Released: December 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Told by a U.S. Army colonel and his wife, this vintage Western set in post-Civil War Texas chronicles the exploits of the all-black 10th cavalry regiment, which was formed in 1871. Cesar Romero plays the unit's commander.
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Airport
Title: Airport
Character: Sarah Demerest
Released: May 29, 1970
Type: Movie
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
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Title: Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character: Marjorie Brandon
Released: September 23, 1969
Type: TV
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.
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Title: The Doris Day Show
Character: Thelma King
Released: September 24, 1968
Type: TV
The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air for five seasons and 128 episodes. In addition to showcasing Doris Day, the show is remembered for its many abrupt format changes over the course of its five-year run. It is also remembered for Day's statement, in her autobiography Doris Day: Her Own Story, that her husband Martin Melcher had signed her to do the TV series without her knowledge, a fact she only discovered when Melcher died of heart disease on April 20, 1968. The TV show premiered on Tuesday, September 24, 1968.
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Title: Adam-12
Character: Bonnie Jessup
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
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Buckskin
Title: Buckskin
Character: Sarah Cody
Released: May 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A Montana marshal fights a land baron out to parch homesteaders with a spite dam.
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Desert Hell
Title: Desert Hell
Character: Celie Edwards
Released: June 25, 1958
Type: Movie
This melodrama tells the tale of a great battle between the French Foreign Legion and the rebellious Arab tribe, the Tuaregs, who fight it out upon the blistering Sahara sands. Just before the Legionnaires embark upon their dangerous mission, the commander discovers that he is being cuckolded by his lieutenant. Because the mission is urgent, there is no time to fight over the commander's wife. Unfortunately, as they travel, the tension between the two mounts and they begin squabbling over how to plan the attack. Their inability to work together results in tragedy.
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Slim Carter
Title: Slim Carter
Character: Allie Hanneman
Released: November 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Hughie Mack, a not so nice western singer, is discovered by Clover Doyle as the next movie cowboy hero. His name is changed to Slim Carter and a promotional buildup begins. Leo Gallaher, an orphan boy wins the contest to spend a month with Slim. Leo is a good influence on his cowboy hero. Clover sees the good and more in Slim. Montana Burriss is Slim's double.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Della Street
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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The Oklahoman
Title: The Oklahoman
Character: Anne
Released: May 19, 1957
Type: Movie
After his wife dies in childbirth, a doctor settles down in the small Oklahoma town of Cherokee Wells to raise his newborn daughter. Unfortunately, not all the citizens there are hospitable, especially when the doctor hires a pretty Indian teenager as his child's nanny.
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7th Cavalry
Title: 7th Cavalry
Character: Martha Kellogg
Released: December 1, 1956
Type: Movie
An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.
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The Houston Story
Title: The Houston Story
Character: Zoe Crane
Released: February 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.
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Title: Screen Director's Playhouse
Character: June Waters
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.
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Meet the Governor
Title: Meet the Governor
Character: June Waters
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: Movie
A backwoods lawyer's race for the governor's office is thwarted by mainstream opponents who dig up dirt from his past.
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Unchained
Title: Unchained
Character: Mary Davitt
Released: August 25, 1955
Type: Movie
This fact-based prison drama tells the tale of a band of prisoners living in the innovative 2,600-acre prison at Chino, California. The place takes a humanistic approach to reform and there are no armed guards, no lockups and no uniforms. The underlying philosophy is that if these things are not there, the prisoners will not want to escape, and will instead accept their punishment. A new inmate arrives and soon accustoms himself to the new idea. The story includes the Oscar nominated song Unchained Melody.
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The Far Horizons
Title: The Far Horizons
Character: Julia Hancock
Released: July 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the new lands and go where no white man has gone before.
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Title: The Millionaire
Character: Kathy Munson / Marian Munson
Released: January 19, 1955
Type: TV
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
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Title: Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Character: Mrs. Ogle
Released: October 27, 1954
Type: TV
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The same basic show has since appeared on several networks, with its latest revival debuting in 2012 on Disney Junior. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Mamie Eunson
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: Lassie
Released: September 12, 1954
Type: TV
Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.
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A Lion Is in the Streets
Title: A Lion Is in the Streets
Character: Verity Wade
Released: September 23, 1953
Type: Movie
A charismatic peddler from the Bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
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Title: Letter to Loretta
Character: Mrs. Strawn
Released: September 20, 1953
Type: TV
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
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The Lone Hand
Title: The Lone Hand
Character: Sarah Jane Skaggs
Released: May 20, 1953
Type: Movie
Zachary Hallock and his son Joshua are farmers who live in a frontier town that suffers the assaults of a band of outlaws. After the murder of a Pinkerton's detective, the farmers decide to unite against the bandits, but Hallock rejects the proposal. To the astonishment of his son and his fiancée, Hallock decides to join the outlaws.
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Seminole
Title: Seminole
Character: Revere
Released: March 20, 1953
Type: Movie
Lance Caldwell, a cavalry lieutenant, recounts his efforts to make peace with the Seminole Indian tribe, under an evil major.
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Last of the Comanches
Title: Last of the Comanches
Character: Julia Lanning
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
It's 1876 and all the Indians are at peace except the Comanches lead by Black Cloud. When Black Cloud wipes out a town, only six soldiers are left and they head for the nearest fort. In the desert they are reinforced by members of a stagecoach and find some water at a deserted mission. Pinned down by Black Cloud they send an Indian boy who was Black Cloud's prisoner on to the fort while they try to bargain with Black Cloud whom they learn is without water.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Lorraine
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Ellen Newman
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Title: The Ford Television Theatre
Character: Marta Linden
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: TV
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
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The First Time
Title: The First Time
Character: Betsey Bennett
Released: January 31, 1952
Type: Movie
A married couple welcomes their first child.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Ginny Morgan
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Lorna Doone
Title: Lorna Doone
Character: Lorna Doone
Released: May 31, 1951
Type: Movie
An English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.
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Emergency Wedding
Title: Emergency Wedding
Character: Dr. Helen Hunt
Released: November 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Dr. Helen Hunt is a physician married to millionaire Peter Judson Kirk Jr., who is jealous his wife is spending too much time with her male patients. He makes a fool of himself trying to prove her guilt.
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The Jackpot
Title: The Jackpot
Character: Amy Lawrence
Released: November 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Bill Lawrence wins a bevy or prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them all in order to pay the taxes he's incurred.
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And Baby Makes Three
Title: And Baby Makes Three
Character: Jacqueline 'Jackie' Walsh
Released: December 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
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Jolson Sings Again
Title: Jolson Sings Again
Character: Ellen Clark
Released: August 17, 1949
Type: Movie
In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the appeal of the spotlight isn't what it used to be. This time Jolson trades in the stage for life in the fast lane: women, horses, travel. It takes the death of Moma Yoelson and World War II to bring Jolson back to earth - and to the stage. Once again teamed with manager Steve Martin, Jolson travels the world entertaining troops everywhere from Alaska to Africa. When he finally collapses from exhaustion it takes young, pretty nurse Ellen Clark to show him there's more to life than "just rushing around".
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The Window
Title: The Window
Character: Mary Woodry
Released: May 10, 1949
Type: Movie
An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.
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The Clay Pigeon
Title: The Clay Pigeon
Character: Martha Gregory
Released: March 3, 1949
Type: Movie
Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. Escaping from the hospital he tries to clear himself by enlisting the aid of Martha Gregory, widow of a service buddy he was accused of informing on. Helped also by Ted Niles, a surviving fellow prisoner, he gets closer to finding the answers he needs, and becomes ensnared in a grandiose scheme involving his Japanese ex-prison guard, $10,000,000 of US currency forged by the Japanese and a burgeoning crime network poised to wreak havoc throughout southern California.
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The Boy with Green Hair
Title: The Boy with Green Hair
Character: Miss Brand
Released: November 26, 1948
Type: Movie
Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new caretaker, but when he is taunted for being an orphan, he gets demoralized. The next day Peter wakes up with green hair. Embarrassed and further ridiculed, Peter seeks solace in a nearby forest. To his surprise, he finds other orphans in the woods, who encourage him to spread news of the injustices of war.
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A Likely Story
Title: A Likely Story
Character: Vicki
Released: April 18, 1947
Type: Movie
A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.
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Lady Luck
Title: Lady Luck
Character: Mary Audrey
Released: October 30, 1946
Type: Movie
A woman marries a gambler with the hopes of reforming him, but things don't quite work out the way she planned.
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First Yank into Tokyo
Title: First Yank into Tokyo
Character: Abby Drake
Released: September 5, 1945
Type: Movie
A U.S. pilot undergoes plastic surgery and drops into Japan to get a captive scientist's (Marc Cramer) atomic secrets.
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West of the Pecos
Title: West of the Pecos
Character: Rill Lambeth
Released: August 10, 1945
Type: Movie
Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires the two and the Lambeths soon find themselves mixed up in Pecos' trouble. Pecos has killed Sawtelle's brother and Sawtelle as head of the vigilantes is after him.
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The Falcon in Hollywood
Title: The Falcon in Hollywood
Character: Peggy Callahan
Released: December 8, 1944
Type: Movie
Suave amateur detective Tom Lawrence--aka Michael Arlen's literary hero The Falcon--arrives in Hollywood for some rest and relaxation, only to find himself involved in the murder of a movie actor. There's no shortage of suspects: the costume designer to whom he was married, a tyrannical director, a beautiful young French starlet, a Shakespeare-quoting producer, even a New York gangster. Helping The Falcon solve the crime is a cute, wise-cracking cab driver and a pair of bumbling cops.
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Heavenly Days
Title: Heavenly Days
Character: Angie
Released: October 20, 1944
Type: Movie
Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government.
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Goin' to Town
Title: Goin' to Town
Character: Patty
Released: September 1, 1944
Type: Movie
General store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical joke being played on them.
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The Falcon Out West
Title: The Falcon Out West
Character: Marion Colby
Released: March 17, 1944
Type: Movie
When a Texas playboy is murdered in a New York City nightclub the Falcon investigates. When he learns that the victim was slipped rattlesnake venom, the trail leads to Texas, his own kidnapping and near death.
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Prunes and Politics
Title: Prunes and Politics
Character: Miss Barlow
Released: January 7, 1944
Type: Movie
Edgar is running for county supervisor against his mother-in-law. Edgar, whose campaign is going nowhere, decides to try some dirty-tricks style tactics but, as usual, everything backfires on him.
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Higher and Higher
Title: Higher and Higher
Character: Katherine
Released: December 31, 1943
Type: Movie
A valet to a bankrupt millionaire plans to rebuild his boss's fortune by passing a scullery maid off as a high-society debutante.
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Around the World
Title: Around the World
Character: Barbara Hale
Released: November 27, 1943
Type: Movie
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
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Government Girl
Title: Government Girl
Character: Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1943
Type: Movie
An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.
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The Iron Major
Title: The Iron Major
Character: Sarah Cavanaugh
Released: October 31, 1943
Type: Movie
William 'Frank' Cavanaugh is a top football coach who gave up his career to enter WWI where he became a hero. After the war he went back to coaching where he ended up having one of the best winning percentages in football history.
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The Seventh Victim
Title: The Seventh Victim
Character: Subway Passenger (Uncredited)
Released: August 21, 1943
Type: Movie
A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village and finds that they could have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.
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Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Title: Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Character: Girl seeking donations from Gildersleeve
Released: May 10, 1943
Type: Movie
Gildersleeve has jury duty.