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