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