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Portrait of Barbara Read

Acting

Barbara Read

Career

Active from 1936 to 1986, with a break from 1949 to 1985, busiest in 1937 and 1946 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Make Way for Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrow
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barbara Read Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Crime
    2.1, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • 1930s Setting 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
Santabear's First Christmas
Santabear's First Christmas (1986)

Story

1940s

11 titles · average score 56
Coroner Creek
Coroner Creek (1948)
GoodWatch score 62

as Abbie Miles (as Barbara Reed)

Key Witness
Key Witness (1947)
GoodWatch score 53

as Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)

Ginger
Ginger (1947)

as Peggy Sullivan (as Barbara Reed)

The Missing Lady
The Missing Lady (1946)
GoodWatch score 51

as Margo Lane

The Shadow Returns
The Shadow Returns (1946)
GoodWatch score 56

as Margo Lane

Behind the Mask
Behind the Mask (1946)
GoodWatch score 52

as Margo Lane

Death Valley
Death Valley (1946)

as Mitzi

Too Many Women
Too Many Women (1942)

as Linda Pearson

Rubber Racketeers
Rubber Racketeers (1942)

as Mary Dale

Married and in Love
Married and in Love (1940)

as Helen Yates

Curtain Call
Curtain Call (1940)
GoodWatch score 65

as Helen Middleton

1930s

10 titles · average score 73
The Spellbinder
The Spellbinder (1939)

as Janet Marlowe

Sorority House
Sorority House (1939)
GoodWatch score 65

as Dotty Spencer

Midnight Intruder
Midnight Intruder (1938)

as Patricia Hammond

The Crime of Doctor Hallet
The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)

as Claire Saunders

Make Way for Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
GoodWatch score 91

as Rhoda Cooper

The Man Who Cried Wolf
The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)

as Nan

The Mighty Treve
The Mighty Treve (1937)

as Aileen Fenno

The Road Back
The Road Back (1937)
GoodWatch score 64

as Lucy

Merry Go Round of 1938
Merry Go Round of 1938 (1937)

as Clarice Stockbridge

Three Smart Girls
Three Smart Girls (1936)
GoodWatch score 73

as Kay Craig