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