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