
Barbara Bedford
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 19, 1903
- Died
- October 25, 1981 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Bedford (born Violet May Rose; July 19, 1903 – October 25, 1981) was an American actress who appeared in dozens of silent movies. Her career declined after the introduction of sound, but she continued to appear in small roles until 1945. After high school she set out for Hollywood. She had written many fan letters to actor William S. Hart, and he helped her get a small role in his 1920 movie The Cradle of Courage. While working as an extra that same year on The White Circle, she was noticed by fellow cast member John Gilbert, who recommended her to director Maurice Tourneur. Tourneur cast her alongside Gilbert in Deep Waters. Tourneur also cast her in The Last of the Mohicans, where she was the love interest for Alan Roscoe, whom she later married in real life. In 1925 she appeared opposite Hart in his final film, Tumbleweeds, a key western of the silent period. She starred in the 1926 silent film Old Loves and New and in Mockery with Lon Chaney the following year. When her career declined after the switch to sound, she signed with MGM in 1936 to play bit and extra parts. Her last known film appearance was in 1945.
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Filmography
The Miracle of Salt Lake
Movie · as Pioneer Woman (Uncredited)

MGM Parade
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Girls of the Big House
Movie · as Visitors Matron

Meet the People
Movie · as Ritz Patron (uncredited)

Family Troubles
Movie

Seeing Hands
Movie · as Ben's Mother (uncredited)

Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie · as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)

Who's Superstitious?
Movie · as Wife

Lost Angel
Movie · as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous
Movie · as Customer (uncredited)

Best Foot Forward
Movie · as Chaperone at Dance

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)

Presenting Lily Mars
Movie · as Assistant Boardinghouse Manager

Flag of Mercy
Movie · as Nurse

Nazi Agent
Movie · as Woman (uncredited)

The Lady or the Tiger?
Movie · as Lady Behind the Door

Born to Sing
Movie · as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)

Inflation
Movie · as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)

Ship Ahoy
Movie · as Mrs. Loring

Reunion in France
Movie · as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)

Tortilla Flat
Movie · as Nun

Come Back, Miss Pipps
Movie · as Angry Parent (uncredited)

Love Crazy
Movie · as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)

Maisie Was a Lady
Movie · as Nurse (Uncredited)

Honky Tonk
Movie · as Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)

Main Street on the March!
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

Wedding Worries
Movie · as Miss Douglas (uncredited)

Sucker List
Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)

Whistling in the Dark
Movie · as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1-2-3-Go!
Movie · as Nurse

A Way in the Wilderness
Movie · as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

That Inferior Feeling
Movie · as Bride (uncredited)

I Love You Again
Movie · as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)

Go West
Movie · as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)

You, the People
Movie · as Rooming House Diner

Women in Hiding
Movie · as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)

The Earl of Chicago
Movie · as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)

Boom Town
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

Pound Foolish
Movie · as Mayor's Secretary

Little Nellie Kelly
Movie · as Miss Wilson (uncredited)

Florian
Movie · as Kingston's Secretary

Sky Murder
Movie · as Grand's Maid

Third Finger, Left Hand
Movie · as Woman at Railroad Station

Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Movie · as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

Gold Rush Maisie
Movie · as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
Bubbling Troubles
Movie · as Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)

American Spoken Here
Movie · as Corset Buyer (uncredited)

The Domineering Male
Movie · as Party Hostess (uncredited)

We Who Are Young
Movie · as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)

Alfalfa's Double
Movie · as Alfalfa's Mother

All About Hash
Movie · as Alfalfa's Mother

Tiny Troubles
Movie · as Alfalfa's mother

Four Girls in White
Movie · as Nurse Behind Counter

Stronger Than Desire
Movie · as Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)

Idiot's Delight
Movie · as Nurse #1

Within the Law
Movie · as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary

Broadway Serenade
Movie · as Gracie (uncredited)

Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

On Borrowed Time
Movie · as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)

Sergeant Madden
Movie · as Nurse

Dancing Co-Ed
Movie · as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Movie · as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)

Radio Hams
Movie · as Mrs. Crane

Angel of Mercy
Movie · as Wife (uncredited)

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Movie · as Miss Howard (uncredited)

Alfalfa's Aunt
Movie · as Martha Switzer

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Movie · as Neighbor

Young Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

Rich Man, Poor Girl
Movie · as Kate

That Mothers Might Live
Movie · as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)

Woman Against Woman
Movie · as Nurse Sherwood

Miracle Money
Movie · as Miss Grant (uncredited)

How to Read
Movie · as Dental Patient (uncredited)

The First Hundred Years
Movie · as Sadie (uncredited)

Boys Town
Movie · as Nun (uncredited)

The Chaser
Movie · as Brandon's Secretary
Men in Fright
Movie · as Sonny's Mother (uncredited)

Fast Company
Movie · as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle
Movie · as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)

It May Happen to You
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

The Grand Bounce
Movie · as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)

Navy Blue and Gold
Movie · as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

Big City
Movie · as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)

Song of Revolt
Movie · as Peasant Woman (uncredited)

Three on a Limb
Movie · as Addie

The Public Pays
Movie · as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)

Easy Money
Movie · as Mrs. Ada Turner

Brilliant Marriage
Movie · as Brenda

The Mine with the Iron Door
Movie · as Secretary

Ring Around the Moon
Movie · as Carol Anderson

Born to Dance
Movie · as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)

Midnight Phantom
Movie · as Kathleen Ryan

The Keeper of the Bees
Movie · as Nurse

On Probation
Movie · as Mable Gordon

Condemned to Live
Movie · as Martha Kristan

3 Kids and a Queen
Movie · as Nurse

Forced Landing
Movie · as Mrs. Margaret Byrd

Circumstantial Evidence
Movie · as Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)

The Spanish Cape Mystery
Movie · as Mrs. Munn

A Girl of the Limberlost
Movie · as Elvira Carney

Sons of Steel
Movie · as Miss Peters

Tomorrow's Youth
Movie · as Miss Booth

Found Alive
Movie · as Edith Roberts

The Death Kiss
Movie · as Script Girl

The Lady from Nowhere
Movie · as Mollie Carter

Desert Vengeance
Movie · as Anne Dixon

Brothers
Movie · as Doris LaRue

The Lash
Movie · as Lupe

Tol'able David
Movie · as Rose Kinemon

Sunny
Movie · as Margaret Manners

The Love Trader
Movie · as Luane

Smoke Bellew
Movie · as Joy Gastrell

The Haunted House
Movie · as Nancy

Fashion News
Movie · as Self

The Port of Missing Girls
Movie · as Ruth King

The Broken Mask
Movie · as Caricia

The Cavalier
Movie · as Lucia D'Arquista
Bitter Sweets
Movie · as Bett Kingston
Marry the Girl
Movie · as Elinor

Mockery
Movie · as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
Life of an Actress
Movie · as Nora Dowen

The Girl from Gay Paree
Movie · as Mary Davis

A Man's Past
Movie · as Yvonne Fontaine

The Notorious Lady
Movie · as Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee

Backstage
Movie · as Julia Joyce

Sunshine of Paradise Alley
Movie · as Sunshine O'Day

The Sporting Lover
Movie

Old Loves and New
Movie · as Marny

Devil’s Dice
Movie

Percy
Movie · as Imogene Chandler

The Mad Whirl
Movie · as Margie Taylor

Tumbleweeds
Movie · as Molly Lassiter

What Fools Men
Movie · as Jenny McFarlan

The Talker
Movie · as Barbara Farley

Champion of Lost Causes
Movie · as Beatrice Charles
The Business of Love
Movie · as Barbara Richmond

Women Who Give
Movie · as Emily Swift
The Whipping Boss
Movie · as Grace Woodward

Pagan Passions
Movie · as Shirley Dangerfield

Romance Land
Movie · as Nan Harvess

The Tie That Binds
Movie · as Mary Ellen Gray

Souls for Sale
Movie · as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary

The Acquittal
Movie · as Edith Craig

The Spoilers
Movie · as Helen Chester
The Forbidden Lover
Movie · as Maria Almada

Arabia
Movie · as Janice Terhune

Step on It!
Movie · as Lorraine Leighton

The Power of Love
Movie · as Maria Almeda
Another Man's Shoes
Movie · as Mercia Solano

The Unfoldment
Movie · as Martha Osborne

Alias Julius Caesar
Movie · as Helen

Man Under Cover
Movie · as Margaret Langdon

Arabian Love
Movie · as Nadine Fortier

Out of the Silent North
Movie · as Marcette Vallois

Cinderella of the Hills
Movie · as Norris Gradley

The Face of the World
Movie · as Thora

The Big Punch
Movie · as Hope Standish

The Cradle of Courage
Movie · as Nora

The Last of the Mohicans
Movie · as Cora Munro
Deep Waters
Movie · as Betty West

