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Barbara Bedford
Barbara Bedford

Barbara Bedford

ActingBorn July 19, 1903Died October 25, 1981 (age 78)Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA

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.

Filmography

1955
MGM Parade

as Self

TV
1945
Girls of the Big House

as Visitors Matron

Movie
1944
Meet the People

as Ritz Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Lost Angel

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Best Foot Forward

as Chaperone at Dance

Movie
1943
Du Barry Was a Lady

as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Seeing Hands

as Ben's Mother (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Presenting Lily Mars

as Assistant Boardinghouse Manager

Movie
1943
Slightly Dangerous

as Customer (uncredited)

Movie
1943Movie
1942
Reunion in France

as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)

Movie
1942Movie
1942
Ship Ahoy

as Mrs. Loring

Movie
1942
The Lady or the Tiger?

as Lady Behind the Door

Movie
1942
Nazi Agent

as Woman (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Born to Sing

as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)

Movie
1942Movie
1942
Inflation

as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Wedding Worries

as Miss Douglas (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Main Street on the March!

as Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Come Back, Miss Pipps

as Angry Parent (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Honky Tonk

as Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Whistling in the Dark

as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Sucker List

as Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Love Crazy

as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1941
1-2-3-Go!

as Nurse

Movie
1941
Maisie Was a Lady

as Nurse (Uncredited)

Movie
1940
Go West

as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)

Movie
1940
You, the People

as Rooming House Diner

Movie
1940
American Spoken Here

as Corset Buyer (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Little Nellie Kelly

as Miss Wilson (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand

as Woman at Railroad Station

Movie
1940
Sky Murder

as Grand's Maid

Movie
1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Boom Town

as Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1940
I Love You Again

as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Gold Rush Maisie

as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)

Movie
1940
We Who Are Young

as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)

Movie
1940
A Way in the Wilderness

as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Women in Hiding

as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Florian

as Kingston's Secretary

Movie
1940
Bubbling Troubles

as Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)

Movie
1940
The Domineering Male

as Party Hostess (uncredited)

Movie
1940
All About Hash

as Alfalfa's Mother

Movie
1940
Pound Foolish

as Mayor's Secretary

Movie
1940
That Inferior Feeling

as Bride (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Alfalfa's Double

as Alfalfa's Mother

Movie
1940
The Earl of Chicago

as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Dancing Co-Ed

as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

as Miss Howard (uncredited)

Movie
1939
On Borrowed Time

as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Stronger Than Desire

as Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Angel of Mercy

as Wife (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Radio Hams

as Mrs. Crane

Movie
1939
Calling Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Broadway Serenade

as Gracie (uncredited)

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Within the Law

as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary

Movie
1939
Tiny Troubles

as Alfalfa's mother

Movie
1939
Four Girls in White

as Nurse Behind Counter

Movie
1939
Idiot's Delight

as Nurse #1

Movie
1939
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Alfalfa's Aunt

as Martha Switzer

Movie
1938
Men in Fright

as Sonny's Mother (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Young Dr. Kildare

as Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Too Hot to Handle

as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Boys Town

as Nun (uncredited)

Movie
1938
How to Read

as Dental Patient (uncredited)

Movie
1938Movie
1938
The Chaser

as Brandon's Secretary

Movie
1938
Fast Company

as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Woman Against Woman

as Nurse Sherwood

Movie
1938
That Mothers Might Live

as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Miracle Money

as Miss Grant (uncredited)

Movie
1938
The First Hundred Years

as Sadie (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Navy Blue and Gold

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Big City

as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)

Movie
1937
It May Happen to You

as Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Song of Revolt

as Peasant Woman (uncredited)

Movie
1937
The Grand Bounce

as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Born to Dance

as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Public Pays

as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Easy Money

as Mrs. Ada Turner

Movie
1936Movie
1936Movie
1936
Ring Around the Moon

as Carol Anderson

Movie
1936Movie
1935
Forced Landing

as Mrs. Margaret Byrd

Movie
1935
Midnight Phantom

as Kathleen Ryan

Movie
1935Movie
1935Movie
1935
Condemned to Live

as Martha Kristan

Movie
1935Movie
1935
On Probation

as Mable Gordon

Movie
1935
Circumstantial Evidence

as Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Sons of Steel

as Miss Peters

Movie
1934
A Girl of the Limberlost

as Elvira Carney

Movie
1934
Tomorrow's Youth

as Miss Booth

Movie
1933
Found Alive

as Edith Roberts

Movie
1932
The Death Kiss

as Script Girl

Movie
1931
The Lady from Nowhere

as Mollie Carter

Movie
1931
Brothers

as Doris LaRue

Movie
1931
Desert Vengeance

as Anne Dixon

Movie
1930
The Lash

as Lupe

Movie
1930
Tol'able David

as Rose Kinemon

Movie
1930
Sunny

as Margaret Manners

Movie
1930Movie
1929
Smoke Bellew

as Joy Gastrell

Movie
1928Movie
1928Movie
1928
The Cavalier

as Lucia D'Arquista

Movie
1928
Bitter Sweets

as Bett Kingston

Movie
1928Movie
1928Movie
1928
The Broken Mask

as Caricia

Movie
1927Movie
1927
A Man's Past

as Yvonne Fontaine

Movie
1927
Mockery

as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova

Movie
1927
Backstage

as Julia Joyce

Movie
1927
The Notorious Lady

as Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee

Movie
1927
Life of an Actress

as Nora Dowen

Movie
1926Movie
1926Movie
1925
Tumbleweeds

as Molly Lassiter

Movie
1925
What Fools Men

as Jenny McFarlan

Movie
1925
The Talker

as Barbara Farley

Movie
1925
Percy

as Imogene Chandler

Movie
1925
The Mad Whirl

as Margie Taylor

Movie
1925
Champion of Lost Causes

as Beatrice Charles

Movie
1924
Women Who Give

as Emily Swift

Movie
1924
Pagan Passions

as Shirley Dangerfield

Movie
1924
The Whipping Boss

as Grace Woodward

Movie
1923
The Acquittal

as Edith Craig

Movie
1923
The Spoilers

as Helen Chester

Movie
1923
The Forbidden Lover

as Maria Almada

Movie
1923
Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary

Movie
1923
The Tie That Binds

as Mary Ellen Gray

Movie
1923
Romance Land

as Nan Harvess

Movie
1922
Another Man's Shoes

as Mercia Solano

Movie
1922
Arabia

as Janice Terhune

Movie
1922
Man Under Cover

as Margaret Langdon

Movie
1922
The Power of Love

as Maria Almeda

Movie
1922Movie
1922
Out of the Silent North

as Marcette Vallois

Movie
1922
Step on It!

as Lorraine Leighton

Movie
1922
Arabian Love

as Nadine Fortier

Movie
1922
The Unfoldment

as Martha Osborne

Movie
1921
Cinderella of the Hills

as Norris Gradley

Movie
1921Movie
1921
The Big Punch

as Hope Standish

Movie
1920Movie
1920
Deep Waters

as Betty West

Movie
1920Movie
The Miracle of Salt Lake

as Pioneer Woman (Uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 19, 1903
Day of DeathOctober 25, 1981
Place of BirthPrairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
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