EXCLUSIVE — The Final Interview with Barbara Hale: “Perry Mason’s” Original Woman Friday

Herbie J Pilato
9 min readJan 18, 2019
Barbara Hale was Raymond Burr’s right-hand woman on TV’s classic “Perry Mason” series

“I liked playing women with an independent streak.”

So said Perry Mason actress Barbara Hale in one of her last interviews before she passed away in 2017 at age 95.

Raymond Burr portrayed Perry Mason, TV’s top attorney (who never lost a case!) on the extremely popular series of the same…

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Herbie J Pilato

Herbie J Pilato is a writer, producer, and TV personality whose books about life and pop culture include THE 12 BEST SECRETS OF CHRISTMAS.