Where to watch Barbara Read in the UK
Find every Barbara Read film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
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 "Perry Mason" fame, in 1953. The couple had two children: Barbara ("Barbie") and William III ("Bobo"). The marriage was turbulent as both she and Talman su…
Barbara Read films streaming in the UK
Most-watched films featuring Barbara Read, available across UK streaming, rent and buy.
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Every credit ScreenSearch indexes for Barbara Read, ranked by popularity. Click any title for UK streaming, rent and buy options.
- Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) as Rhoda Cooper
- Too Many Women (1942) as Linda Pearson
- The Spellbinder (1939) as Janet Marlowe
- Three Smart Girls (1936) as Kay Craig
- Midnight Intruder (1938) as Patricia Hammond
- Sorority House (1939) as Dotty Spencer
- Rubber Racketeers (1942) as Mary Dale
- Coroner Creek (1948) as Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)
- Curtain Call (1940) as Helen Middleton
- The Road Back (1937) as Lucy
- Behind the Mask (1946) as Margo Lane
- Key Witness (1947) as Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)
- The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937) as Nan
- Married and in Love (1940) as Helen Yates
- The Missing Lady (1946) as Margo Lane
- The Mighty Treve (1937) as Aileen Fenno
- The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938) as Claire Saunders
- Merry Go Round of 1938 (1937) as Clarice Stockbridge
- The Shadow Returns (1946) as Margo Lane
- Death Valley (1946) as Mitzi
- Ginger (1947) as Peggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed)
- Santabear's First Christmas (1986) Story
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What are Barbara Read's most popular films?
Most-watched Barbara Read films currently: Make Way for Tomorrow (1937), Too Many Women (1942), The Spellbinder (1939), Three Smart Girls (1936), Midnight Intruder (1938).
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