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