Barbara Bedford
Acting
🎂 1903-07-19
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.
Cast credits(146)
Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
1939
Nurse (uncredited)
1938
Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)
1940
Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)
1941
Customer (uncredited)
1943
Mable Gordon
1935
Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)
1940
Hector's Secretary (uncredited)
1936
Molly Lassiter
1925
Peasant Woman (uncredited)
1937
Mrs. Crane
1939
Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)
1942
Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
1939
Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
1937
Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)
1940
Neighbor
1939
Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
1942
1943
Miss Wilson (uncredited)
1940
Gracie (uncredited)
1939
Kate
1938
Secretary (uncredited)
1943
Jenny McFarlan
1925
Nurse Behind Counter
1939
Anne Dixon
1931
Alfalfa's Mother
1940
Mollie Carter
1931
Nun (uncredited)
1938
Grand's Maid
1940
Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
1940
Alfalfa's Mother
1940
Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
1940
Sadie (uncredited)
1938
Mrs. Margaret Byrd
1935
Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
1927
Woman at Railroad Station
1940
Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)
1937
Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
1936
Miss Howard (uncredited)
1939
Miss Booth
1934
Brenda
1936
Nurse
1939
Nurse (uncredited)
1937
Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
1940
Nurse
1935
Nurse (uncredited)
1940
Margaret Manners
1930
Renny's Secretary (uncredited)
1941
Chaperone at Dance
1943
Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
1942
Nurse Sherwood
1938
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1937
Assistant Boardinghouse Manager
1943
Mayor's Secretary
1940
Brandon's Secretary
1938
Woman in Movie House (uncredited)
1939
Norris Gradley
1921
Mrs. Ada Turner
1936
Nurse #1
1939
Mrs. Loring
1942
Barbara Farley
1925
Wife
1943
Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)
1939
Martha Kristan
1935
Script Girl
1932
Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1941
Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
1940
Woman (uncredited)
1942
Margie Taylor
1925
Nurse
1941
MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)
1938
Nun
1942
Lupe
1930
Visitors Matron
1945
Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)
1943
Secretary
1936
Sunshine O'Day
1926
Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
1940
Nurse
1935
Kingston's Secretary
1940
Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
1939
Julia Joyce
1927
Nurse (uncredited)
1941
Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
1940
Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)
1935
Yvonne Fontaine
1927
Carol Anderson
1936
Ben's Mother (uncredited)
1943
Mary Ellen Gray
1923
Mercia Solano
1922
Nancy
1928
1926
Rose Kinemon
1930
Luane
1930
Cora Munro
1920
Joy Gastrell
1929
Addie
1936
Sonny's Mother (uncredited)
1938
Edith Roberts
1933
Lucia D'Arquista
1928
Nurse (Uncredited)
1941
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1943
Nan Harvess
1923
Martha Switzer
1939
Kathleen Ryan
1935
1926
Nurse
1942
Miss Peters
1934
Rooming House Diner
1940
Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee
1927
Dental Patient (uncredited)
1938
Alfalfa's mother
1939
Party Hostess (uncredited)
1940
Hope Standish
1921
Maria Almeda
1922
Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
1938
Helen Chester
1923
Corset Buyer (uncredited)
1940
Doris LaRue
1931
Secretary (uncredited)
1941
Martha Osborne
1922
Edith Craig
1923
Thora
1921
Miss Douglas (uncredited)
1941
Miss Grant (uncredited)
1938
Lady Behind the Door
1942
Imogene Chandler
1925
Elvira Carney
1934
Marny
1926
Janice Terhune
1922
Mary Davis
1927
Caricia
1928
Lorraine Leighton
1922
Emily Swift
1924
Nora
1920
Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
1923
Bride (uncredited)
1940
Ruth King
1928
Grace Woodward
1924
Maria Almada
1923
Ritz Patron (uncredited)
1944
Angry Parent (uncredited)
1941
Wife (uncredited)
1939
Nora Dowen
1927
Self
1928