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