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.
Acted in 146
1940s
- 1945
Girls of the Big House
Visitors Matron
- 1944
Meet the People
Ritz Patron (uncredited)
- 1943
Lost Angel
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Best Foot Forward
Chaperone at Dance
Seeing Hands
Ben's Mother (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Secretary (uncredited)
Family Troubles
Movie
Slightly Dangerous
Customer (uncredited)
Who's Superstitious?
Wife
- 1942
Reunion in France
Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
Tortilla Flat
Nun
Ship Ahoy
Mrs. Loring
The Lady or the Tiger?
Lady Behind the Door
Nazi Agent
Woman (uncredited)
Born to Sing
Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
Flag of Mercy
Nurse
Inflation
Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)
- 1941
Wedding Worries
Miss Douglas (uncredited)
Main Street on the March!
Nurse (uncredited)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Angry Parent (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Sucker List
Secretary (uncredited)
1-2-3-Go!
Nurse
Maisie Was a Lady
Nurse (Uncredited)
- 1940
You, the People
Rooming House Diner
American Spoken Here
Corset Buyer (uncredited)
Little Nellie Kelly
Miss Wilson (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
Woman at Railroad Station
Sky Murder
Grand's Maid
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
I Love You Again
Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
Gold Rush Maisie
Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
We Who Are Young
Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)
A Way in the Wilderness
Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Women in Hiding
Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
Florian
Kingston's Secretary
The Domineering Male
Party Hostess (uncredited)
All About Hash
Alfalfa's Mother
Pound Foolish
Mayor's Secretary
That Inferior Feeling
Bride (uncredited)
Alfalfa's Double
Alfalfa's Mother
1930s
- 1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Neighbor
Dancing Co-Ed
Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Miss Howard (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)
Angel of Mercy
Wife (uncredited)
Radio Hams
Mrs. Crane
Calling Dr. Kildare
Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
Broadway Serenade
Gracie (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
Nurse
Within the Law
Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
Tiny Troubles
Alfalfa's mother
Four Girls in White
Nurse Behind Counter
Idiot's Delight
Nurse #1
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Woman in Movie House (uncredited)
Alfalfa's Aunt
Martha Switzer
- 1938
Young Dr. Kildare
Nurse (uncredited)
How to Read
Dental Patient (uncredited)
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Kate
The Chaser
Brandon's Secretary
Fast Company
MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)
Woman Against Woman
Nurse Sherwood
Miracle Money
Miss Grant (uncredited)
The First Hundred Years
Sadie (uncredited)
- 1937
Navy Blue and Gold
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Big City
Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
It May Happen to You
Nurse (uncredited)
Song of Revolt
Peasant Woman (uncredited)
The Grand Bounce
Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1936
The Public Pays
Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
Easy Money
Mrs. Ada Turner
The Mine with the Iron Door
Secretary
Ring Around the Moon
Carol Anderson
Three on a Limb
Addie
- 1935
Forced Landing
Mrs. Margaret Byrd
Midnight Phantom
Kathleen Ryan
3 Kids and a Queen
Nurse
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Mrs. Munn
The Keeper of the Bees
Nurse
On Probation
Mable Gordon
Circumstantial Evidence
Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)
- 1934
Sons of Steel
Miss Peters
A Girl of the Limberlost
Elvira Carney
Tomorrow's Youth
Miss Booth
- 1933
Found Alive
Edith Roberts
- 1932
- 1931
The Lady from Nowhere
Mollie Carter
Brothers
Doris LaRue
Desert Vengeance
Anne Dixon
- 1930
The Lash
Lupe
Tol'able David
Rose Kinemon
Sunny
Margaret Manners
The Love Trader
Luane
1920s
- 1929
Smoke Bellew
Joy Gastrell
- 1928
The Haunted House
Nancy
The Cavalier
Lucia D'Arquista
The Port of Missing Girls
Ruth King
The Broken Mask
Caricia
- 1927
The Girl from Gay Paree
Mary Davis
A Man's Past
Yvonne Fontaine
Mockery
Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
Backstage
Julia Joyce
The Notorious Lady
Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee
- 1926
Sunshine of Paradise Alley
Sunshine O'Day
Devil’s Dice
Movie
The Sporting Lover
Movie
Old Loves and New
Marny
- 1925
What Fools Men
Jenny McFarlan
The Talker
Barbara Farley
Percy
Imogene Chandler
The Mad Whirl
Margie Taylor
Champion of Lost Causes
Beatrice Charles
- 1924
Women Who Give
Emily Swift
- 1923
The Acquittal
Edith Craig
The Spoilers
Helen Chester
The Tie That Binds
Mary Ellen Gray
Romance Land
Nan Harvess
- 1922
Arabia
Janice Terhune
Man Under Cover
Margaret Langdon
The Power of Love
Maria Almeda
Alias Julius Caesar
Helen
Out of the Silent North
Marcette Vallois
Step on It!
Lorraine Leighton
The Unfoldment
Martha Osborne
- 1921
Cinderella of the Hills
Norris Gradley
The Face of the World
Thora
The Big Punch
Hope Standish
- 1920
The Cradle of Courage
Nora
Appearances3
1950s
- 1955
1920s
- 1928
Fashion News
Self
- 1923
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary