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Barbara Hale
18 April 1922, DeKalb, Illinois
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Barbara Hale has an orchid named after her (cultivated by Raymond Burr).
"It took me two years to talk him into marrying me."
- Barbara Hale,
regarding her marriage to actor Bill Williams.
Barbara Hale
Barbara was born on 18 April 1922, as one of two children.
As a young girl, Ms. Hale intended to major in art and drawing; she began her professional career as a model for a comic strip called "Ramblin' Bill", during the time she was working her way through The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
She married actor Bill Williams in 1946, and had son William Katt in 1951.
Mother, with actor Bill Williams, of actor William Katt, with whom she appeared in Big Wednesday (1978) and in Perry Mason TV movies.
During her time on "Perry Mason", Ms. Hale was known industry-wide for her screams. "She has the best shriek in Hollywood", Raymond Burr once said.
On the Perry Mason set she sketched constantly.
She has three children. Jody Katt (born 1947), William Katt (1951) and Juanita Katt (1953).
Measurements: 34 1/2-23-35 (source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
There is some confusion about her birth year. Early sources say 1922; some recent sources say 1921. However, her listing in the U.S. Census taken on 1 April 1930, before her birthday, gives her age as seven years.
Graduate of Rockford (Illinois) High School, class of 1940.
Was voted the May Queen her senior year in high school.
Best remembered by the public for her starring role as girl-Friday "Della Street" in "Perry Mason" (1957).
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