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
| Birth Location | Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1903-07-19 |
| Died | 1981-10-25 |
Movies
Girls of the Big House
as Visitors Matron
1945
Meet the People
as Ritz Patron (uncredited)
1944
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
1943
Slightly Dangerous
as Customer (uncredited)
1943
Who's Superstitious?
as Wife
1943
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)
1942
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
Maisie Was a Lady
as Nurse (Uncredited)
1941
Go West
as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
1940
American Spoken Here
as Corset Buyer (uncredited)
1940
You, the People
as Rooming House Diner
1940
Little Nellie Kelly
as Miss Wilson the Nurse with Baby (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
A Way in the Wilderness
as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
1940
Women in Hiding
as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
1940
Florian
as Kingston's Secretary
1940
Bubbling Troubles
as Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)
1940
The Domineering Male
as Party Hostess (uncredited)
1940
That Inferior Feeling
as Bride (uncredited)
1940
The Earl of Chicago
as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)
1940
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
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
1939
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)
1938
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)
1937
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
1936
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
1935
Sons of Steel
as Miss Peters
1934
Tomorrow's Youth
as Miss Booth
1934
A Girl of the Limberlost
as Elvira Carney
1934
Found Alive
as Edith Roberts
1933
The Death Kiss
as Script Girl
1932
The Lady from Nowhere
as Mollie Carter
1931
Brothers
as Doris LaRue
1931
Desert Vengeance
as Anne Dixon
1931
The Lash
as Lupe
1930
Tol'able David
as Rose Kinemon
1930
Sunny
as Margaret Manners
1930
The Love Trader
as Luane
1930
Smoke Bellew
as Joy Gastrell
1929
Fashion News
as Self
1928
The Haunted House
as Nancy
1928
1928
The Port of Missing Girls
as Ruth King
1928
The Broken Mask
as Caricia
1928
A Man's Past
as Yvonne Fontaine
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
1927
Sunshine of Paradise Alley
as Sunshine O'Day
1926
1926
Old Loves and New
as Marny
1926
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
1925
Women Who Give
as Emily Swift
1924
The Whipping Boss
as Grace Woodward
1924
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
1923
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
1922
The Face of the World
as Thora
1921
The Big Punch
as Hope Standish
1921
The Last of the Mohicans
as Cora Munro
1920
The Cradle of Courage
as Nora
1920
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