Trivia

Has an orchid named after her (cultivated by Raymond Burr).

On the Perry Mason (1957) set she sketched constantly.

Was one of the original 'Dr Pepper" girls featured in the soda company's calendars in the 1940s and 50s. Her photo can be see at the Dr Pepper Museum in Dublin, Texas (not to be confused with the Waco Dr Pepper Museum).

The daughter of Wilma (Colvin) and Luther Ezra Hale, a landscape gardener, she married actor Bill Williams (birth name Hermann August Wilhelm Katt, hence the last name of their children was Katt). The couple had three children: Jody Katt (born 1947), William Katt (1951) and Juanita Katt (born 1953). She and William Katt, appeared together in Big Wednesday (1978), Who's Woo in America (1982), and in the NBC television-movie reboots of Perry Mason. She had six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

During her time on Perry Mason (1957), Ms. Hale was known industry-wide for her screams. "She has the best shriek in Hollywood", Raymond Burr once said.

She and her The Case of the Bullied Bowler (1964) co-star Mike Connors both died on January 26, 2017.

Graduate of Rockford (IL) High School, class of 1940. Was voted the May Queen her senior year in high school.

Best remembered by the public for her starring role as confidential secretary "Della Street" in Perry Mason (1957).

Barbara Hale was absent from 8 episodes of the 271 episodes of the show Perry Mason (1957) bringing her total count to 263 episodes of the series acting her famous role of Della Street, but she did appear in the credits of all 271 episodes, due to what is known in the television industry as "credit only.".

Resided in Palm Desert, California and Los Angeles, California. (August 2005)

According to official voter registration records on file at the office of the Los Angeles County Clerk-Recorder, her date of birth was 4/18/1922 (ssme sources have cited 1921).