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