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