Barbara Bedford
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.
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Movies (49)
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
Family Troubles
1943
Slightly Dangerous
as Customer (uncredited)
1943
Who's Superstitious?
as Wife
1943
Reunion in France
as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
1942
Tortilla Flat
as Nun
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 (uncredited)
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)
1941
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
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
All About Hash
as Alfalfa's Mother
1940
Pound Foolish
as Mayor's Secretary
1940
That Inferior Feeling
as Bride (uncredited)
1940
Alfalfa's Double
as Alfalfa's Mother
1940
The Earl of Chicago
as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)
1940
