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Barbara Hale, `Perry Mason' Actress, Dies at 94
[Variety]
Daniel Holloway
VarietyJanuary 27, 2017

Barbara Hale, who played secretary Della Street in the "Perry
Mason" television series and movies, died Thursday. She was 94.

According to a Facebook post by her son William Katt, Hale passed away at
her home on Sherman Oaks, Calif.

"Lost my beautiful wonderful mom Barbara Hale yesterday
afternoon," Katt, star of the television series "The Greatest
American Hero," wrote Friday. "She left peacefully at her home in
Sherman Oaks Ca surrounded by close family and dear friends. We've all been
so lucky to have her for so long. She was gracious and kind and silly and
always fun to be with. A wonderful actress and smart business woman she was
most of all a treasure as a friend and mother! We're all a little lost
without her but we have extraordinary stories and memories to take with us
for the rest of our lives.

Hale played Street, assistant to Raymond Burr's titular lawyer, in nine
seasons of the series and 30 television movies. She spent her early career
under contract with RKO, and went on to star in "Higher and
Higher" with Frank Sinatra, "Lady Luck" with Robert Young
and Frank Morgan, "The Window," "Jolson Sings Again,"
"Lorna Doone," and "The Far Horizons" with Charlton
Heston.

"Perry Mason" aired on CBS from 1957 to 1966 and starred Burr as
a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney. The show was one of the first
hour-long series in television history. Hale won a Primetime Emmy Award in
1959 for playing Street, and reprised the character when "Perry
Mason" was revived in the 1980s as a series of television movies by
NBC.

Hale was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Among her
later film roles were "Airport" and "Big Wednesday."

Born in DeKalb, Illinois in 1922, Hale was the second child of Willa and
Luther Hale. Her father was a landscape gardener. Her late husband, Bill
Williams, starred in the western series "The Adventures of Kit
Carson" and died in 1992. She is survived by her son William Katt,
daughters Johanna Katt and Juanita King, six grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.


Regards,

Roger 
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