Barbara Bedford
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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
Credits
Go West (1940)
as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
On Borrowed Time (1939)
as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
I Love You Again (1940)
as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
Boys Town (1938)
as Nun (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)
We Who Are Young (1940)
as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
as Woman at Railroad Station
That Mothers Might Live (1938)
as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Nurse #1
Honky Tonk (1941)
as Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)
Love Crazy (1941)
as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)
Brilliant Marriage (1936)
as Brenda
Deep Waters (1920)
as Betty West
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
as Nurse
Boom Town (1940)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Arabian Love (1922)
as Nadine Fortier
Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)
as Kate
Bitter Sweets (1928)
as Bett Kingston
Girls of the Big House (1945)
as Visitors Matron
Reunion in France (1942)
as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
as Nurse (Uncredited)
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
as Cora Munro
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
The First Hundred Years (1938)
as Sadie (uncredited)
Broadway Serenade (1939)
as Gracie (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)
as Secretary (uncredited)
Old Loves and New (1926)
as Marny
It May Happen to You (1937)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Ring Around the Moon (1936)
as Carol Anderson
The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)
as Mrs. Munn
A Girl of the Limberlost (1934)
as Elvira Carney
Born to Dance (1936)
as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
as Assistant Boardinghouse Manager
Sergeant Madden (1939)
as Nurse
Radio Hams (1939)
as Mrs. Crane
Another Man's Shoes (1922)
as Mercia Solano
Pagan Passions (1924)
as Shirley Dangerfield
Four Girls in White (1939)
as Nurse Behind Counter
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
as Neighbor
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
as Miss Howard (uncredited)
Tortilla Flat (1942)
as Nun
Fast Company (1938)
as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Customer (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
Best Foot Forward (1943)
as Chaperone at Dance
Out of the Silent North (1922)
as Marcette Vallois
Meet the People (1944)
as Ritz Patron (uncredited)
Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941)
as Angry Parent (uncredited)
The Death Kiss (1932)
as Script Girl
Backstage (1927)
as Julia Joyce
Nazi Agent (1942)
as Woman (uncredited)
Souls for Sale (1923)
as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
A Man's Past (1927)
as Yvonne Fontaine
The Keeper of the Bees (1935)
as Nurse
The Mine with the Iron Door (1936)
as Secretary
Main Street on the March! (1941)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Born to Sing (1942)
as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
The Tie That Binds (1923)
as Mary Ellen Gray
You, the People (1940)
as Rooming House Diner
Florian (1940)
as Kingston's Secretary
The Lady or the Tiger? (1942)
as Lady Behind the Door
American Spoken Here (1940)
as Corset Buyer (uncredited)
The Girl from Gay Paree (1927)
as Mary Davis
Life of an Actress (1927)
as Nora Dowen
The Chaser (1938)
as Brandon's Secretary
Within the Law (1939)
as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
A Way in the Wilderness (1940)
as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
1-2-3-Go! (1941)
as Nurse
Big City (1937)
as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)
Champion of Lost Causes (1925)
as Beatrice Charles
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
as Miss Wilson (uncredited)
Lost Angel (1943)
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Three on a Limb (1936)
as Addie
The Port of Missing Girls (1928)
as Ruth King
Cinderella of the Hills (1921)
as Norris Gradley
The Lady from Nowhere (1931)
as Mollie Carter
Sunny (1930)
as Margaret Manners
Woman Against Woman (1938)
as Nurse Sherwood
Tol'able David (1930)
as Rose Kinemon
The Power of Love (1922)
as Maria Almeda
All About Hash (1940)
as Alfalfa's Mother
The Public Pays (1936)
as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
Alfalfa's Aunt (1939)
as Martha Switzer
The Miracle of Salt Lake (—)
as Pioneer Woman (Uncredited)
Ship Ahoy (1942)
as Mrs. Loring
Seeing Hands (1943)
as Ben's Mother (uncredited)
Inflation (1942)
as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)
Sky Murder (1940)
as Grand's Maid
Brothers (1931)
as Doris LaRue
The Face of the World (1921)
as Thora
The Cradle of Courage (1920)
as Nora
Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Forced Landing (1935)
as Mrs. Margaret Byrd
Alfalfa's Double (1940)
as Alfalfa's Mother
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
as Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)
On Probation (1935)
as Mable Gordon
The Haunted House (1928)
as Nancy
That Inferior Feeling (1940)
as Bride (uncredited)
The Spoilers (1923)
as Helen Chester
The Acquittal (1923)
as Edith Craig
Man Under Cover (1922)
as Margaret Langdon
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
The Whipping Boss (1924)
as Grace Woodward
Easy Money (1936)
as Mrs. Ada Turner
Alias Julius Caesar (1922)
as Helen
The Sporting Lover (1926)
Actor
Wedding Worries (1941)
as Miss Douglas (uncredited)
Tiny Troubles (1939)
as Alfalfa's mother
Sons of Steel (1934)
as Miss Peters
Circumstantial Evidence (1935)
as Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)
The Domineering Male (1940)
as Party Hostess (uncredited)
The Forbidden Lover (1923)
as Maria Almada
Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
as Miss Booth
The Mad Whirl (1925)
as Margie Taylor
Marry the Girl (1928)
as Elinor
Mockery (1927)
as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
Sunshine of Paradise Alley (1926)
as Sunshine O'Day
Bubbling Troubles (1940)
as Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)
Women in Hiding (1940)
as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
Song of Revolt (1937)
as Peasant Woman (uncredited)
The Lash (1930)
as Lupe
Miracle Money (1938)
as Miss Grant (uncredited)
Tumbleweeds (1925)
as Molly Lassiter
Fashion News (1928)
as Self
Found Alive (1933)
as Edith Roberts
Family Troubles (1943)
Actor
Angel of Mercy (1939)
as Wife (uncredited)
The Grand Bounce (1937)
as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)
Flag of Mercy (1942)
as Nurse
The Broken Mask (1928)
as Caricia
The Cavalier (1928)
as Lucia D'Arquista
Step on It! (1922)
as Lorraine Leighton
Men in Fright (1938)
as Sonny's Mother (uncredited)
Percy (1925)
as Imogene Chandler
Who's Superstitious? (1943)
as Wife
Smoke Bellew (1929)
as Joy Gastrell
Pound Foolish (1940)
as Mayor's Secretary
The Big Punch (1921)
as Hope Standish
Condemned to Live (1935)
as Martha Kristan
The Love Trader (1930)
as Luane
The Talker (1925)
as Barbara Farley
Sucker List (1941)
as Secretary (uncredited)
How to Read (1938)
as Dental Patient (uncredited)
Women Who Give (1924)
as Emily Swift
What Fools Men (1925)
as Jenny McFarlan
The Unfoldment (1922)
as Martha Osborne
Desert Vengeance (1931)
as Anne Dixon
Arabia (1922)
as Janice Terhune
The Notorious Lady (1927)
as Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee
Midnight Phantom (1935)
as Kathleen Ryan
Romance Land (1923)
as Nan Harvess
Devil’s Dice (1926)
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