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Barbara Hale Profile
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| 18 April 22 | is born in DeKalb, Illinois, of Scottish-Irish descent, to Luther Ezra Hale, a landscape gardener, and Willa Calvin Hale |
| 23 | her parents move to Rockford, Illinois, when she’s two years old |
| studies tap dancing and ballet |
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| enrolls at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts |
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| signs with the Chicago Model Bureau and poses for famous pin-up artist Gil Elvgren |
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| October 42 | dates a soldier and follows him to California |
| registers at the Hollywood Studio Club for a $15-a-week room and is promptly given an RKO contract |
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| 43-44 | her roommates at the Hollywood Studio Club are fellow actresses Louise Albritton and Margaret Landry |
| Late 44 | falls for her co-star, studio contractee Bill Williams, while filming West of the Pecos. He’s five years her junior. |
| 22 June 46 | marries Williams in Rockford, Illinois. It is considered an apple-pie marriage. |
| 24 July 47 | her daughter Barbara Willa Johanna is born |
| 27 October 48 | after leaving RKO she signs a term pact with Columbia |
| 16 February 51 | her son William is born. He will become actor William Katt. |
| 22 December 53 | her daughter Laura Lee is born |
| 70s | lives with her family in a new Bel Air home |
| 06 | resides in Sherman Oaks |
| 26 January 17 | dies at age 94 at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| Sources: The RKO Gals by James Robert Parish, Dave Brockman, Barbara Hale Home Page, Bruce A. Adams | |
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| Links: Filmography Barbara Hale Home Page Perry Mason TV Series: Barbara Hale Brian's Drive-In Theater: Barbara Hale | |