Acting · Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA · Born July 19, 1903
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.
TVMGM Parade
1955
as Self
MovieGirls of the Big House
1945
as Visitors Matron
MovieMeet the People
1944
as Ritz Patron (uncredited)
MovieLost Angel
1943
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
MovieBest Foot Forward
1943
as Chaperone at Dance
MovieDu Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)
MovieSeeing Hands
1943
as Ben's Mother (uncredited)
MovieDr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
as Secretary (uncredited)
MoviePresenting Lily Mars
1943
as Assistant Boardinghouse Manager
MovieFamily Troubles
1943
MovieSlightly Dangerous
1943
as Customer (uncredited)
MovieWho's Superstitious?
1943
as Wife
MovieReunion in France
1942
as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
MovieTortilla Flat
1942
as Nun
MovieShip Ahoy
1942
as Mrs. Loring
MovieThe Lady or the Tiger?
1942
as Lady Behind the Door
MovieNazi Agent
1942
as Woman (uncredited)
MovieBorn to Sing
1942
as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
MovieFlag of Mercy
1942
as Nurse
MovieInflation
1942
as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)
MovieWedding Worries
1941
as Miss Douglas (uncredited)
MovieMain Street on the March!
1941
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieCome Back, Miss Pipps
1941
as Angry Parent (uncredited)
MovieHonky Tonk
1941
as Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)
MovieWhistling in the Dark
1941
as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
MovieSucker List
1941
as Secretary (uncredited)
MovieLove Crazy
1941
as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)
Movie1-2-3-Go!
1941
as Nurse
MovieMaisie Was a Lady
1941
as Nurse (Uncredited)
MovieGo West
1940
as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
MovieYou, the People
1940
as Rooming House Diner
MovieAmerican Spoken Here
1940
as Corset Buyer (uncredited)
MovieLittle Nellie Kelly
1940
as Miss Wilson (uncredited)
MovieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Woman at Railroad Station
MovieSky Murder
1940
as Grand's Maid
MovieDr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieBoom Town
1940
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieI Love You Again
1940
as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieGold Rush Maisie
1940
as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
MovieWe Who Are Young
1940
as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)
MovieA Way in the Wilderness
1940
as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
MovieWomen in Hiding
1940
as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
MovieFlorian
1940
as Kingston's Secretary
Bubbling Troubles
1940
as Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)
MovieThe Domineering Male
1940
as Party Hostess (uncredited)
MovieAll About Hash
1940
as Alfalfa's Mother
MoviePound Foolish
1940
as Mayor's Secretary
MovieThat Inferior Feeling
1940
as Bride (uncredited)
MovieAlfalfa's Double
1940
as Alfalfa's Mother
MovieThe Earl of Chicago
1940
as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)
MovieJoe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
as Neighbor
MovieDancing Co-Ed
1939
as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
MovieAndy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
as Miss Howard (uncredited)
MovieOn Borrowed Time
1939
as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
MovieStronger Than Desire
1939
as Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieAngel of Mercy
1939
as Wife (uncredited)
MovieRadio Hams
1939
as Mrs. Crane
MovieCalling Dr. Kildare
1939
as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieBroadway Serenade
1939
as Gracie (uncredited)
MovieSergeant Madden
1939
as Nurse
MovieWithin the Law
1939
as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
MovieTiny Troubles
1939
as Alfalfa's mother
MovieFour Girls in White
1939
as Nurse Behind Counter
MovieIdiot's Delight
1939
as Nurse #1
MovieBurn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939
as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)
MovieAlfalfa's Aunt
1939
as Martha Switzer
Men in Fright
1938
as Sonny's Mother (uncredited)
MovieYoung Dr. Kildare
1938
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieToo Hot to Handle
1938
as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieBoys Town
1938
as Nun (uncredited)
MovieHow to Read
1938
as Dental Patient (uncredited)
MovieRich Man, Poor Girl
1938
as Kate
MovieThe Chaser
1938
as Brandon's Secretary
MovieFast Company
1938
as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieWoman Against Woman
1938
as Nurse Sherwood
MovieThat Mothers Might Live
1938
as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
MovieMiracle Money
1938
as Miss Grant (uncredited)
MovieThe First Hundred Years
1938
as Sadie (uncredited)
MovieNavy Blue and Gold
1937
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
MovieBig City
1937
as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
MovieIt May Happen to You
1937
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieSong of Revolt
1937
as Peasant Woman (uncredited)
MovieThe Grand Bounce
1937
as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieBorn to Dance
1936
as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieThe Public Pays
1936
as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieEasy Money
1936
as Mrs. Ada Turner
MovieThe Mine with the Iron Door
1936
as Secretary
MovieBrilliant Marriage
1936
as Brenda
MovieRing Around the Moon
1936
as Carol Anderson
MovieThree on a Limb
1936
as Addie
MovieForced Landing
1935
as Mrs. Margaret Byrd
MovieMidnight Phantom
1935
as Kathleen Ryan
Movie3 Kids and a Queen
1935
as Nurse
MovieThe Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
as Mrs. Munn
MovieCondemned to Live
1935
as Martha Kristan
MovieThe Keeper of the Bees
1935
as Nurse
MovieOn Probation
1935
as Mable Gordon
MovieCircumstantial Evidence
1935
as Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)
MovieSons of Steel
1934
as Miss Peters
MovieA Girl of the Limberlost
1934
as Elvira Carney
MovieTomorrow's Youth
1934
as Miss Booth
MovieFound Alive
1933
as Edith Roberts
MovieThe Death Kiss
1932
as Script Girl
MovieThe Lady from Nowhere
1931
as Mollie Carter
MovieBrothers
1931
as Doris LaRue
MovieDesert Vengeance
1931
as Anne Dixon
MovieThe Lash
1930
as Lupe
MovieTol'able David
1930
as Rose Kinemon
MovieSunny
1930
as Margaret Manners
MovieThe Love Trader
1930
as Luane
MovieSmoke Bellew
1929
as Joy Gastrell
MovieFashion News
1928
as Self
MovieThe Haunted House
1928
as Nancy
MovieThe Cavalier
1928
as Lucia D'Arquista
Bitter Sweets
1928
as Bett Kingston
MovieThe Port of Missing Girls
1928
as Ruth King
Marry the Girl
1928
as Elinor
MovieThe Broken Mask
1928
as Caricia
MovieThe Girl from Gay Paree
1927
as Mary Davis
MovieA Man's Past
1927
as Yvonne Fontaine
MovieMockery
1927
as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
MovieBackstage
1927
as Julia Joyce
MovieThe Notorious Lady
1927
as Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee
Life of an Actress
1927
as Nora Dowen
MovieSunshine of Paradise Alley
1926
as Sunshine O'Day
MovieDevil’s Dice
1926
MovieThe Sporting Lover
1926
MovieOld Loves and New
1926
as Marny
MovieTumbleweeds
1925
as Molly Lassiter
MovieWhat Fools Men
1925
as Jenny McFarlan
MovieThe Talker
1925
as Barbara Farley
MoviePercy
1925
as Imogene Chandler
MovieThe Mad Whirl
1925
as Margie Taylor
MovieChampion of Lost Causes
1925
as Beatrice Charles
MovieWomen Who Give
1924
as Emily Swift
MoviePagan Passions
1924
as Shirley Dangerfield
The Whipping Boss
1924
as Grace Woodward
MovieThe Acquittal
1923
as Edith Craig
MovieThe Spoilers
1923
as Helen Chester
The Forbidden Lover
1923
as Maria Almada
MovieSouls for Sale
1923
as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
MovieThe Tie That Binds
1923
as Mary Ellen Gray
MovieRomance Land
1923
as Nan Harvess
Another Man's Shoes
1922
as Mercia Solano
MovieArabia
1922
as Janice Terhune
MovieMan Under Cover
1922
as Margaret Langdon
MovieThe Power of Love
1922
as Maria Almeda
MovieAlias Julius Caesar
1922
as Helen
MovieOut of the Silent North
1922
as Marcette Vallois
MovieStep on It!
1922
as Lorraine Leighton
MovieArabian Love
1922
as Nadine Fortier
MovieThe Unfoldment
1922
as Martha Osborne
MovieCinderella of the Hills
1921
as Norris Gradley
MovieThe Face of the World
1921
as Thora
MovieThe Big Punch
1921
as Hope Standish
MovieThe Last of the Mohicans
1920
as Cora Munro
Deep Waters
1920
as Betty West
MovieThe Cradle of Courage
1920
as Nora
The Miracle of Salt Lake
as Pioneer Woman (Uncredited)
