Barbara Bedford
Acting • Born 1903-07-19 – Died 1981-10-25
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
157 credits
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Movie • 1941
Angry Parent (uncredited)
Romance Land
Movie • 1923
Nan Harvess
Arabia
Movie • 1922
Janice Terhune
Percy
Movie • 1925
Imogene Chandler
Flag of Mercy
Movie • 1942
Nurse
A Way in the Wilderness
Movie • 1940
Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Three on a Limb
Movie • 1936
Addie
The Tie That Binds
Movie • 1923
Mary Ellen Gray
Family Troubles
Movie • 1943
Mockery
Movie • 1927
Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
The Haunted House
Movie • 1928
Nancy
Smoke Bellew
Movie • 1929
Joy Gastrell
That Inferior Feeling
Movie • 1940
Bride (uncredited)
The Mad Whirl
Movie • 1925
Margie Taylor
It May Happen to You
Movie • 1937
Nurse (uncredited)
The Public Pays
Movie • 1936
Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
Step on It!
Movie • 1922
Lorraine Leighton
Midnight Phantom
Movie • 1935
Kathleen Ryan
The Keeper of the Bees
Movie • 1935
Nurse
Easy Money
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Ada Turner
Found Alive
Movie • 1933
Edith Roberts
Fashion News
Movie • 1928
Self
A Girl of the Limberlost
Movie • 1934
Elvira Carney
On Probation
Movie • 1935
Mable Gordon
The Lash
Movie • 1930
Lupe
The Cradle of Courage
Movie • 1920
Nora
The Lady from Nowhere
Movie • 1931
Mollie Carter
Sons of Steel
Movie • 1934
Miss Peters
Condemned to Live
Movie • 1935
Martha Kristan
Tiny Troubles
Movie • 1939
Alfalfa's mother
I Love You Again
Movie • 1940
Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
Desert Vengeance
Movie • 1931
Anne Dixon
Brilliant Marriage
Movie • 1936
Brenda
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie • 1920
Cora Munro
The Port of Missing Girls
Movie • 1928
Ruth King
Souls for Sale
Movie • 1923
Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
Cinderella of the Hills
Movie • 1921
Norris Gradley
The Grand Bounce
Movie • 1937
Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)
Young Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1938
Nurse (uncredited)
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Movie • 1938
Kate
Four Girls in White
Movie • 1939
Nurse Behind Counter
Tol'able David
Movie • 1930
Rose Kinemon
Go West
Movie • 1940
Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
Movie • 1939
Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)
Tomorrow's Youth
Movie • 1934
Miss Booth
Seeing Hands
Movie • 1943
Ben's Mother (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
Movie • 1939
Nurse #1
Within the Law
Movie • 1939
Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
Broadway Serenade
Movie • 1939
Gracie (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1939
Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold
Movie • 1937
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
On Borrowed Time
Movie • 1939
Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
That Mothers Might Live
Movie • 1938
Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
Nazi Agent
Movie • 1942
Woman (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
Movie • 1939
Nurse
Dancing Co-Ed
Movie • 1939
Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
The Broken Mask
Movie • 1928
Caricia
Love Crazy
Movie • 1941
Renny's Secretary (uncredited)
Sunshine of Paradise Alley
Movie • 1926
Sunshine O'Day
Women in Hiding
Movie • 1940
Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
You, the People
Movie • 1940
Rooming House Diner
Woman Against Woman
Movie • 1938
Nurse Sherwood
Miracle Money
Movie • 1938
Miss Grant (uncredited)
Life of an Actress
Movie • 1927
Nora Dowen
The Face of the World
Movie • 1921
Thora
The Earl of Chicago
Movie • 1940
Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)
How to Read
Movie • 1938
Dental Patient (uncredited)
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Movie • 1939
Woman in Movie House (uncredited)
The Lady or the Tiger?
Movie • 1942
Lady Behind the Door
The Mine with the Iron Door
Movie • 1936
Secretary
Boom Town
Movie • 1940
Nurse (uncredited)
Pound Foolish
Movie • 1940
Mayor's Secretary
Radio Hams
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Crane
Ring Around the Moon
Movie • 1936
Carol Anderson
Little Nellie Kelly
Movie • 1940
Miss Wilson (uncredited)
Florian
Movie • 1940
Kingston's Secretary
Sky Murder
Movie • 1940
Grand's Maid
Third Finger, Left Hand
Movie • 1940
Woman at Railroad Station
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Movie • 1940
Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie • 1943
Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)
Born to Dance
Movie • 1936
Hector's Secretary (uncredited)
Who's Superstitious?
Movie • 1943
Wife
Big City
Movie • 1937
Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
Movie • 1941
Nurse (Uncredited)
Sunny
Movie • 1930
Margaret Manners
Angel of Mercy
Movie • 1939
Wife (uncredited)
The Girl from Gay Paree
Movie • 1927
Mary Davis
Girls of the Big House
Movie • 1945
Visitors Matron
The Death Kiss
Movie • 1932
Script Girl
Honky Tonk
Movie • 1941
Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Movie • 1939
Miss Howard (uncredited)
Born to Sing
Movie • 1942
Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
Gold Rush Maisie
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
Lost Angel
Movie • 1943
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Meet the People
Movie • 1944
Ritz Patron (uncredited)
Brothers
Movie • 1931
Doris LaRue
Alfalfa's Aunt
Movie • 1939
Martha Switzer
Bubbling Troubles
Movie • 1940
Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Movie • 1943
Customer (uncredited)
The First Hundred Years
Movie • 1938
Sadie (uncredited)
Women Who Give
Movie • 1924
Emily Swift
The Acquittal
Movie • 1923
Edith Craig
American Spoken Here
Movie • 1940
Corset Buyer (uncredited)
Song of Revolt
Movie • 1937
Peasant Woman (uncredited)
Tumbleweeds
Movie • 1925
Molly Lassiter
A Man's Past
Movie • 1927
Yvonne Fontaine
Main Street on the March!
Movie • 1941
Nurse (uncredited)
Boys Town
Movie • 1938
Nun (uncredited)
Wedding Worries
Movie • 1941
Miss Douglas (uncredited)
Best Foot Forward
Movie • 1943
Chaperone at Dance
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Movie • 1943
Secretary (uncredited)
Presenting Lily Mars
Movie • 1943
Assistant Boardinghouse Manager
The Domineering Male
Movie • 1940
Party Hostess (uncredited)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Movie • 1939
Neighbor
The Love Trader
Movie • 1930
Luane
The Cavalier
Movie • 1928
Lucia D'Arquista
The Sporting Lover
Movie • 1926
Inflation
Movie • 1942
Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)
The Spoilers
Movie • 1923
Helen Chester
3 Kids and a Queen
Movie • 1935
Nurse
The Chaser
Movie • 1938
Brandon's Secretary
We Who Are Young
Movie • 1940
Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)
Sucker List
Movie • 1941
Secretary (uncredited)
The Notorious Lady
Movie • 1927
Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee
The Power of Love
Movie • 1922
Maria Almeda
The Whipping Boss
Movie • 1924
Grace Woodward
What Fools Men
Movie • 1925
Jenny McFarlan
Whistling in the Dark
Movie • 1941
Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Old Loves and New
Movie • 1926
Marny
Backstage
Movie • 1927
Julia Joyce
The Talker
Movie • 1925
Barbara Farley
Ship Ahoy
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Loring
Another Man's Shoes
Movie • 1922
Mercia Solano
Reunion in France
Movie • 1942
Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
Men in Fright
Movie • 1938
Sonny's Mother (uncredited)
The Unfoldment
Movie • 1922
Martha Osborne
The Big Punch
Movie • 1921
Hope Standish
Alfalfa's Double
Movie • 1940
Alfalfa's Mother
All About Hash
Movie • 1940
Alfalfa's Mother
1-2-3-Go!
Movie • 1941
Nurse
Fast Company
Movie • 1938
MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)
The Forbidden Lover
Movie • 1923
Maria Almada
Forced Landing
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Margaret Byrd
Circumstantial Evidence
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)
Tortilla Flat
Movie • 1942
Nun
Devil’s Dice
Movie • 1926
Champion of Lost Causes
Movie • 1925
Beatrice Charles
Too Hot to Handle
Movie • 1938
MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)
Alias Julius Caesar
Movie • 1922
Helen
Man Under Cover
Movie • 1922
Margaret Langdon
Arabian Love
Movie • 1922
Nadine Fortier
Bitter Sweets
Movie • 1928
Bett Kingston
Pagan Passions
Movie • 1924
Shirley Dangerfield
The Miracle of Salt Lake
Movie
Pioneer Woman (Uncredited)
Deep Waters
Movie • 1920
Betty West
Out of the Silent North
Movie • 1922
Marcette Vallois
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self