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