Barbara Bedford

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Miracle of Salt Lake

The Miracle of Salt Lake

Movie · as Pioneer Woman (Uncredited)

1955
MGM Parade poster

MGM Parade

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1945
Girls of the Big House poster

Girls of the Big House

Movie · as Visitors Matron

1944
Meet the People poster

Meet the People

Movie · as Ritz Patron (uncredited)

1943
Family Troubles poster

Family Troubles

Movie

1943
Seeing Hands poster

Seeing Hands

Movie · as Ben's Mother (uncredited)

1943
Du Barry Was a Lady poster

Du Barry Was a Lady

Movie · as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)

1943
Who's Superstitious? poster

Who's Superstitious?

Movie · as Wife

1943
Lost Angel poster

Lost Angel

Movie · as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1943
Slightly Dangerous poster

Slightly Dangerous

Movie · as Customer (uncredited)

1943
Best Foot Forward poster

Best Foot Forward

Movie · as Chaperone at Dance

1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case poster

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)

1943
Presenting Lily Mars poster

Presenting Lily Mars

Movie · as Assistant Boardinghouse Manager

1942
Flag of Mercy poster

Flag of Mercy

Movie · as Nurse

1942
Nazi Agent poster

Nazi Agent

Movie · as Woman (uncredited)

1942
The Lady or the Tiger? poster

The Lady or the Tiger?

Movie · as Lady Behind the Door

1942
Born to Sing poster

Born to Sing

Movie · as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)

1942
Inflation poster

Inflation

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

1942
Ship Ahoy poster

Ship Ahoy

Movie · as Mrs. Loring

1942
Reunion in France poster

Reunion in France

Movie · as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)

1942
Tortilla Flat poster

Tortilla Flat

Movie · as Nun

1941
Come Back, Miss Pipps poster

Come Back, Miss Pipps

Movie · as Angry Parent (uncredited)

1941
Love Crazy poster

Love Crazy

Movie · as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)

1941
Maisie Was a Lady poster

Maisie Was a Lady

Movie · as Nurse (Uncredited)

1941
Honky Tonk poster

Honky Tonk

Movie · as Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)

1941
Main Street on the March! poster

Main Street on the March!

Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

1941
Wedding Worries poster

Wedding Worries

Movie · as Miss Douglas (uncredited)

1941
Sucker List poster

Sucker List

Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)

1941
Whistling in the Dark poster

Whistling in the Dark

Movie · as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1941
1-2-3-Go! poster

1-2-3-Go!

Movie · as Nurse

1940
A Way in the Wilderness poster

A Way in the Wilderness

Movie · as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

1940
That Inferior Feeling poster

That Inferior Feeling

Movie · as Bride (uncredited)

1940
I Love You Again poster

I Love You Again

Movie · as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)

1940
Go West poster

Go West

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

1940
You, the People poster

You, the People

Movie · as Rooming House Diner

1940
Women in Hiding poster

Women in Hiding

Movie · as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)

1940
The Earl of Chicago poster

The Earl of Chicago

Movie · as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)

1940
Boom Town poster

Boom Town

Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

1940
Pound Foolish poster

Pound Foolish

Movie · as Mayor's Secretary

1940
Little Nellie Kelly poster

Little Nellie Kelly

Movie · as Miss Wilson (uncredited)

1940
Florian poster

Florian

Movie · as Kingston's Secretary

1940
Sky Murder poster

Sky Murder

Movie · as Grand's Maid

1940
Third Finger, Left Hand poster

Third Finger, Left Hand

Movie · as Woman at Railroad Station

1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home poster

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Movie · as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

1940
Gold Rush Maisie poster

Gold Rush Maisie

Movie · as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)

1940
Bubbling Troubles

Bubbling Troubles

Movie · as Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)

1940
American Spoken Here poster

American Spoken Here

Movie · as Corset Buyer (uncredited)

1940
The Domineering Male poster

The Domineering Male

Movie · as Party Hostess (uncredited)

1940
We Who Are Young poster

We Who Are Young

Movie · as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)

1940
Alfalfa's Double poster

Alfalfa's Double

Movie · as Alfalfa's Mother

1940
All About Hash poster

All About Hash

Movie · as Alfalfa's Mother

1939
Tiny Troubles poster

Tiny Troubles

Movie · as Alfalfa's mother

1939
Four Girls in White poster

Four Girls in White

Movie · as Nurse Behind Counter

1939
Stronger Than Desire poster

Stronger Than Desire

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

1939
Idiot's Delight poster

Idiot's Delight

Movie · as Nurse #1

1939
Within the Law poster

Within the Law

Movie · as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary

1939
Broadway Serenade poster

Broadway Serenade

Movie · as Gracie (uncredited)

1939
Calling Dr. Kildare poster

Calling Dr. Kildare

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

1939
On Borrowed Time poster

On Borrowed Time

Movie · as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)

1939
Sergeant Madden poster

Sergeant Madden

Movie · as Nurse

1939
Dancing Co-Ed poster

Dancing Co-Ed

Movie · as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)

1939
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor poster

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Movie · as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)

1939
Radio Hams poster

Radio Hams

Movie · as Mrs. Crane

1939
Angel of Mercy poster

Angel of Mercy

Movie · as Wife (uncredited)

1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever poster

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Movie · as Miss Howard (uncredited)

1939
Alfalfa's Aunt poster

Alfalfa's Aunt

Movie · as Martha Switzer

1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President poster

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Movie · as Neighbor

1938
Young Dr. Kildare poster

Young Dr. Kildare

Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

1938
Rich Man, Poor Girl poster

Rich Man, Poor Girl

Movie · as Kate

1938
That Mothers Might Live poster

That Mothers Might Live

Movie · as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)

1938
Woman Against Woman poster

Woman Against Woman

Movie · as Nurse Sherwood

1938
Miracle Money poster

Miracle Money

Movie · as Miss Grant (uncredited)

1938
How to Read poster

How to Read

Movie · as Dental Patient (uncredited)

1938
The First Hundred Years poster

The First Hundred Years

Movie · as Sadie (uncredited)

1938
Boys Town poster

Boys Town

Movie · as Nun (uncredited)

1938
The Chaser poster

The Chaser

Movie · as Brandon's Secretary

1938
Men in Fright

Men in Fright

Movie · as Sonny's Mother (uncredited)

1938
Fast Company poster

Fast Company

Movie · as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)

1938
Too Hot to Handle poster

Too Hot to Handle

Movie · as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)

1937
It May Happen to You poster

It May Happen to You

Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

1937
The Grand Bounce poster

The Grand Bounce

Movie · as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)

1937
Navy Blue and Gold poster

Navy Blue and Gold

Movie · as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

1937
Big City poster

Big City

Movie · as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)

1937
Song of Revolt poster

Song of Revolt

Movie · as Peasant Woman (uncredited)

1936
Three on a Limb poster

Three on a Limb

Movie · as Addie

1936
The Public Pays poster

The Public Pays

Movie · as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)

1936
Easy Money poster

Easy Money

Movie · as Mrs. Ada Turner

1936
Brilliant Marriage poster

Brilliant Marriage

Movie · as Brenda

1936
The Mine with the Iron Door poster

The Mine with the Iron Door

Movie · as Secretary

1936
Ring Around the Moon poster

Ring Around the Moon

Movie · as Carol Anderson

1936
Born to Dance poster

Born to Dance

Movie · as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)

1935
Midnight Phantom poster

Midnight Phantom

Movie · as Kathleen Ryan

1935
The Keeper of the Bees poster

The Keeper of the Bees

Movie · as Nurse

1935
On Probation poster

On Probation

Movie · as Mable Gordon

1935
Condemned to Live poster

Condemned to Live

Movie · as Martha Kristan

1935
3 Kids and a Queen poster

3 Kids and a Queen

Movie · as Nurse

1935
Forced Landing poster

Forced Landing

Movie · as Mrs. Margaret Byrd

1935
Circumstantial Evidence poster

Circumstantial Evidence

Movie · as Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)

1935
The Spanish Cape Mystery poster

The Spanish Cape Mystery

Movie · as Mrs. Munn

1934
A Girl of the Limberlost poster

A Girl of the Limberlost

Movie · as Elvira Carney

1934
Sons of Steel poster

Sons of Steel

Movie · as Miss Peters

1934
Tomorrow's Youth poster

Tomorrow's Youth

Movie · as Miss Booth

1933
Found Alive poster

Found Alive

Movie · as Edith Roberts

1932
The Death Kiss poster

The Death Kiss

Movie · as Script Girl

1931
The Lady from Nowhere poster

The Lady from Nowhere

Movie · as Mollie Carter

1931
Desert Vengeance poster

Desert Vengeance

Movie · as Anne Dixon

1931
Brothers poster

Brothers

Movie · as Doris LaRue

1930
The Lash poster

The Lash

Movie · as Lupe

1930
Tol'able David poster

Tol'able David

Movie · as Rose Kinemon

1930
Sunny poster

Sunny

Movie · as Margaret Manners

1930
The Love Trader poster

The Love Trader

Movie · as Luane

1929
Smoke Bellew poster

Smoke Bellew

Movie · as Joy Gastrell

1928
The Haunted House poster

The Haunted House

Movie · as Nancy

1928
Fashion News poster

Fashion News

Movie · as Self

1928
The Port of Missing Girls poster

The Port of Missing Girls

Movie · as Ruth King

1928
The Broken Mask poster

The Broken Mask

Movie · as Caricia

1928
The Cavalier poster

The Cavalier

Movie · as Lucia D'Arquista

1928
Bitter Sweets

Bitter Sweets

Movie · as Bett Kingston

1928
Marry the Girl

Marry the Girl

Movie · as Elinor

1927
Mockery poster

Mockery

Movie · as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova

1927
Life of an Actress

Life of an Actress

Movie · as Nora Dowen

1927
The Girl from Gay Paree poster

The Girl from Gay Paree

Movie · as Mary Davis

1927
A Man's Past poster

A Man's Past

Movie · as Yvonne Fontaine

1927
The Notorious Lady poster

The Notorious Lady

Movie · as Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee

1927
Backstage poster

Backstage

Movie · as Julia Joyce

1926
Sunshine of Paradise Alley poster

Sunshine of Paradise Alley

Movie · as Sunshine O'Day

1926
The Sporting Lover poster

The Sporting Lover

Movie

1926
Old Loves and New poster

Old Loves and New

Movie · as Marny

1926
Devil’s Dice poster

Devil’s Dice

Movie

1925
Percy poster

Percy

Movie · as Imogene Chandler

1925
The Mad Whirl poster

The Mad Whirl

Movie · as Margie Taylor

1925
Tumbleweeds poster

Tumbleweeds

Movie · as Molly Lassiter

1925
What Fools Men poster

What Fools Men

Movie · as Jenny McFarlan

1925
The Talker poster

The Talker

Movie · as Barbara Farley

1925
Champion of Lost Causes poster

Champion of Lost Causes

Movie · as Beatrice Charles

1925
The Business of Love

The Business of Love

Movie · as Barbara Richmond

1924
Women Who Give poster

Women Who Give

Movie · as Emily Swift

1924
The Whipping Boss

The Whipping Boss

Movie · as Grace Woodward

1924
Pagan Passions poster

Pagan Passions

Movie · as Shirley Dangerfield

1923
Romance Land poster

Romance Land

Movie · as Nan Harvess

1923
The Tie That Binds poster

The Tie That Binds

Movie · as Mary Ellen Gray

1923
Souls for Sale poster

Souls for Sale

Movie · as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary

1923
The Acquittal poster

The Acquittal

Movie · as Edith Craig

1923
The Spoilers poster

The Spoilers

Movie · as Helen Chester

1923
The Forbidden Lover

The Forbidden Lover

Movie · as Maria Almada

1922
Arabia poster

Arabia

Movie · as Janice Terhune

1922
Step on It! poster

Step on It!

Movie · as Lorraine Leighton

1922
The Power of Love poster

The Power of Love

Movie · as Maria Almeda

1922
Another Man's Shoes

Another Man's Shoes

Movie · as Mercia Solano

1922
The Unfoldment poster

The Unfoldment

Movie · as Martha Osborne

1922
Alias Julius Caesar poster

Alias Julius Caesar

Movie · as Helen

1922
Man Under Cover poster

Man Under Cover

Movie · as Margaret Langdon

1922
Arabian Love poster

Arabian Love

Movie · as Nadine Fortier

1922
Out of the Silent North poster

Out of the Silent North

Movie · as Marcette Vallois

1921
Cinderella of the Hills poster

Cinderella of the Hills

Movie · as Norris Gradley

1921
The Face of the World poster

The Face of the World

Movie · as Thora

1921
The Big Punch poster

The Big Punch

Movie · as Hope Standish

1920
The Cradle of Courage poster

The Cradle of Courage

Movie · as Nora

1920
The Last of the Mohicans poster

The Last of the Mohicans

Movie · as Cora Munro

1920
Deep Waters

Deep Waters

Movie · as Betty West