Barbara Bedford
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1903-07-19
Day of Death
1981-10-25 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
Barbara Bedford
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.
Acting
(1945)
Girls of the Big House
as Visitors Matron
(1944)
Meet the People
as Ritz Patron (uncredited)
(1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)
(1943)
Presenting Lily Mars
as Assistant Boardinghouse Manager
(1943)
Slightly Dangerous
as Customer (uncredited)
(1943)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1943)
Lost Angel
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
(1943)
Best Foot Forward
as Chaperone at Dance
(1943)
(1943)
Seeing Hands
as Ben's Mother (uncredited)
(1943)
Who's Superstitious?
as Wife
(1942)
Nazi Agent
as Woman (uncredited)
(1942)
Reunion in France
as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
(1942)
Tortilla Flat
as Nun
(1942)
Inflation
as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)
(1942)
The Lady or the Tiger?
as Lady Behind the Door
(1942)
Ship Ahoy
as Mrs. Loring
(1942)
Born to Sing
as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
(1942)
Flag of Mercy
as Nurse
(1941)
Love Crazy
as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)
(1941)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Angry Parent (uncredited)
(1941)
1-2-3-Go!
as Nurse
(1941)
Honky Tonk
as Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)
(1941)
Maisie Was a Lady
as Nurse (Uncredited)
(1941)
Main Street on the March!
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1941)
Whistling in the Dark
as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
(1941)
Wedding Worries
as Miss Douglas (uncredited)
(1941)
Sucker List
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1940)
Boom Town
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1940)
I Love You Again
as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
(1940)
Go West
as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
(1940)
A Way in the Wilderness
as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
(1940)
Sky Murder
as Grand's Maid
(1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
(1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Woman at Railroad Station
(1940)
Florian
as Kingston's Secretary
(1940)
Little Nellie Kelly
as Miss Wilson (uncredited)
(1940)
We Who Are Young
as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)
(1940)
Gold Rush Maisie
as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
(1940)
All About Hash
as Alfalfa's Mother
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)
(1940)
Alfalfa's Double
as Alfalfa's Mother
(1940)
The Domineering Male
as Party Hostess (uncredited)
(1940)
Bubbling Troubles
as Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)
(1940)
Pound Foolish
as Mayor's Secretary
(1940)
You, the People
as Rooming House Diner
(1940)
American Spoken Here
as Corset Buyer (uncredited)
(1940)
Women in Hiding
as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
(1940)
That Inferior Feeling
as Bride (uncredited)
(1939)
On Borrowed Time
as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
(1939)
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Nurse #1
(1939)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Miss Howard (uncredited)
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
as Nurse
(1939)
Broadway Serenade
as Gracie (uncredited)
(1939)
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)
(1939)
Four Girls in White
as Nurse Behind Counter
(1939)
Within the Law
as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
(1939)
Dancing Co-Ed
as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
Stronger Than Desire
as Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)
(1939)
Angel of Mercy
as Wife (uncredited)
(1939)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Neighbor
(1939)
Radio Hams
as Mrs. Crane
(1939)
Tiny Troubles
as Alfalfa's mother
(1939)
Alfalfa's Aunt
as Martha Switzer
(1938)
Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
(1938)
That Mothers Might Live
as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
(1938)
Young Dr. Kildare
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1938)
Woman Against Woman
as Nurse Sherwood
(1938)
Men in Fright
as Sonny's Mother (uncredited)
(1938)
Miracle Money
as Miss Grant (uncredited)
(1938)
Fast Company
as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)
(1938)
The Chaser
as Brandon's Secretary
(1938)
Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Kate
(1938)
The First Hundred Years
as Sadie (uncredited)
(1938)
How to Read
as Dental Patient (uncredited)
(1937)
Navy Blue and Gold
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
(1937)
Big City
as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
(1937)
It May Happen to You
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1937)
The Grand Bounce
as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)
(1937)
Song of Revolt
as Peasant Woman (uncredited)
(1936)
Easy Money
as Mrs. Ada Turner
(1936)
Three on a Limb
as Addie
(1936)
The Mine with the Iron Door
as Secretary
(1936)
Born to Dance
as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)
(1936)
Ring Around the Moon
as Carol Anderson
(1936)
Brilliant Marriage
as Brenda
(1936)
The Public Pays
as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
(1935)
Condemned to Live
as Martha Kristan
(1935)
Forced Landing
as Mrs. Margaret Byrd
(1935)
Midnight Phantom
as Kathleen Ryan
(1935)
The Keeper of the Bees
as Nurse
(1935)
Circumstantial Evidence
as Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)
(1935)
3 Kids and a Queen
as Nurse
(1935)
On Probation
as Mable Gordon
(1934)
A Girl of the Limberlost
as Elvira Carney
(1934)
Sons of Steel
as Miss Peters
(1934)
Tomorrow's Youth
as Miss Booth
(1933)
Found Alive
as Edith Roberts
(1932)
The Death Kiss
as Script Girl
(1931)
The Lady from Nowhere
as Mollie Carter
(1931)
Brothers
as Doris LaRue
(1931)
Desert Vengeance
as Anne Dixon
(1930)
The Love Trader
as Luane
(1930)
Sunny
as Margaret Manners
(1930)
Tol'able David
as Rose Kinemon
(1930)
The Lash
as Lupe
(1929)
Smoke Bellew
as Joy Gastrell
(1928)
The Broken Mask
as Caricia
(1928)
The Port of Missing Girls
as Ruth King
(1928)
The Haunted House
as Nancy
(1928)
The Cavalier
as Lucia D'Arquista
(1928)
Fashion News
as Self
(1927)
Mockery
as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
(1927)
The Girl from Gay Paree
as Mary Davis
(1927)
A Man's Past
as Yvonne Fontaine
(1927)
Backstage
as Julia Joyce
(1927)
The Notorious Lady
as Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee
(1927)
Life of an Actress
as Nora Dowen
(1926)
Old Loves and New
as Marny
(1926)
(1926)
Sunshine of Paradise Alley
as Sunshine O'Day
(1926)
(1925)
What Fools Men
as Jenny McFarlan
(1925)
The Talker
as Barbara Farley
(1925)
The Mad Whirl
as Margie Taylor
(1925)
Tumbleweeds
as Molly Lassiter
(1925)
Percy
as Imogene Chandler
(1924)
Women Who Give
as Emily Swift
(1924)
The Whipping Boss
as Grace Woodward
(1923)
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
(1923)
The Acquittal
as Edith Craig
(1923)
The Tie That Binds
as Mary Ellen Gray
(1923)
The Spoilers
as Helen Chester
(1923)
Romance Land
as Nan Harvess
(1923)
The Forbidden Lover
as Maria Almada
(1922)
The Unfoldment
as Martha Osborne
(1922)
Arabia
as Janice Terhune
(1922)
Another Man's Shoes
as Mercia Solano
(1922)
The Power of Love
as Maria Almeda
(1922)
Step on It!
as Lorraine Leighton
(1921)
The Big Punch
as Hope Standish
(1921)
Cinderella of the Hills
as Norris Gradley
(1921)
The Face of the World
as Thora
(1920)
The Last of the Mohicans
as Cora Munro
(1920)
The Cradle of Courage
as Nora