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    Unhappy Barbara Hale, Della Street on Perry Mason dies at 94

    By Adam Bernstein January 27 at 5:00 PM

    Barbara Hale, a wavy-haired model and Hollywood leading lady of the 1940s and 1950s who warbled with Frank Sinatra in his first big film role and had a long television career as the devoted secretary Della Street to Raymond Burr's tireless defense lawyer Perry Mason, died Jan. 26 at her home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. She was 94.

    Ms. Hale was the matriarch of a show business family that included her late husband, actor Bill Williams, who starred in the 1950s western series "The Adventures of Kit Carson," and their son, William Katt, who played the title role in the early 1980s TV series "The Greatest American Hero," confirmed the death and said the cause was complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    Although Ms. Hale had a flourishing career in movies — often in wholesome roles opposite stars such as James Stewart, James Cagney and Robert Mitchum — she found her big-screen career overshadowed by her work on CBS's "Perry Mason."

    The series aired from 1957 to 1966, making it one of the longest-airing courtroom shows in history, and Ms. Hale earned an Emmy Award for her role as Street. Two decades later, she reprised her role in more than two dozen made-for-TV movies for NBC.

    Mason, who solved murder mysteries with his savvy as a cross-examiner, is the creation of novelist Erle Stanley Gardner."

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    Della Street is my all time favorite TV secretary. I still watch Perry Mason from time to time. RIP Ms. Hale.
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    This is her back in April on her last birthday at age 94. Still lovely as ever. That's her son, William Katt who played Paul Drake's (the late William Hopper) son on some of the later Perry Mason made for TV movies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valiant Woman View Post
    Della Street is my all time favorite TV secretary - RIP Ms. Hale.
    Ditto!

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    I still watch Perry Mason as well. I really loved the character of Della. Ms. Hale was always such a beautiful woman!

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    I've been DVRing the old Perry Masons and watching them every few days. I have over 40 to catch up on now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bookman View Post
    I've been DVRing the old Perry Masons and watching them every few days. I have over 40 to catch up on now.
    I need them to show "new" episodes. They've been showing the same batch (on MeTv) for quite a while now.
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