Posted on 01/27/2017 4:45:20 PM PST by ifinnegan
The Emmy-winning actress, a former starlet at RKO Pictures, starred opposite Raymond Burr on the long-running legal drama.
Barbara Hale, who played the steadfast secretary Della Street opposite Raymond Burr on the legendary courtroom drama Perry Mason for nine seasons and 30 telefilms, has died. She was 94.
Hale, a former contract player at RKO and Columbia who made more than 50 films before landing her signature role, died Thursday at her Sherman Oaks home in Los Angeles.
Survivors include her son William Katt, best known as the star of the 1980s ABC series The Greatest American Hero. He reported her death on Facebook.
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Mike Conners aka Joe Mannix
Real name-—Krekor Ohanian
Mike Connors
Joe Mannix
Beautiful lady.
RIP Della .. you had a good innings, ma’am
Beautiful lady.
Great Mannix fans think alike?
Thanks. I forgot Mannix.
RIP
I read an article about her which said that she had the best scream in Hollywood. It was so good that they dubbed her voice into a lot of B movies.
Her Son played Paul Drake in the later TV Perry Mason movies. They were not as good as the early TV shows.
also Butch Trucks
I too was a Mannix fan. As I recall it was on Sunday night and immediately following it was Mission Impossible. For almost every Sunday night for two years, my best friend from high school would come over and we would watch those two shows.
They’re stacking em up like cord wood...
RIP
Seems like it always happens in threes.
Loved her in Perry Mason. RIP
I usually watch “Perry Mason” two times a day during the week. It is on METV at 8:00 and 10:30 central time.
Della always comes across as a pleasant person and I think in this case the actress was the same. My favorite character was Lt. Tragg although he was getting pretty feeble by the 5th season.
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