MGM Parade
1955 · TV Show
as Self
Barbara Bedford
1903-07-19
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Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
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
Girls of the Big House
1945 · Movie
as Visitors Matron
Meet the People
1944 · Movie
as Ritz Patron (uncredited)
Family Troubles
1943 · Movie
Seeing Hands
1943 · Movie
as Ben's Mother (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Movie
as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)
Who's Superstitious?
1943 · Movie
as Wife
Lost Angel
1943 · Movie
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Movie
as Customer (uncredited)
Best Foot Forward
1943 · Movie
as Chaperone at Dance
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943 · Movie
as Secretary (uncredited)
Presenting Lily Mars
1943 · Movie
as Assistant Boardinghouse Manager
Flag of Mercy
1942 · Movie
as Nurse
Nazi Agent
1942 · Movie
as Woman (uncredited)
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942 · Movie
as Lady Behind the Door
Born to Sing
1942 · Movie
as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
Inflation
1942 · Movie
as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)
Ship Ahoy
1942 · Movie
as Mrs. Loring
Reunion in France
1942 · Movie
as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
Tortilla Flat
1942 · Movie
as Nun
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941 · Movie
as Angry Parent (uncredited)
Love Crazy
1941 · Movie
as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
1941 · Movie
as Nurse (Uncredited)
Honky Tonk
1941 · Movie
as Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)
Main Street on the March!
1941 · Movie
as Nurse (uncredited)
Wedding Worries
1941 · Movie
as Miss Douglas (uncredited)
Sucker List
1941 · Movie
as Secretary (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
1941 · Movie
as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1-2-3-Go!
1941 · Movie
as Nurse
A Way in the Wilderness
1940 · Movie
as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
That Inferior Feeling
1940 · Movie
as Bride (uncredited)
I Love You Again
1940 · Movie
as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
Go West
1940 · Movie
as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
Women in Hiding
1940 · Movie
as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
You, the People
1940 · Movie
as Rooming House Diner
The Earl of Chicago
1940 · Movie
as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)
Boom Town
1940 · Movie
as Nurse (uncredited)
Pound Foolish
1940 · Movie
as Mayor's Secretary
Little Nellie Kelly
1940 · Movie
as Miss Wilson (uncredited)
Florian
1940 · Movie
as Kingston's Secretary
Sky Murder
1940 · Movie
as Grand's Maid
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 · Movie
as Woman at Railroad Station
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940 · Movie
as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
Gold Rush Maisie
1940 · Movie
as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
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Bubbling Troubles
1940 · Movie
as Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)
American Spoken Here
1940 · Movie
as Corset Buyer (uncredited)
The Domineering Male
1940 · Movie
as Party Hostess (uncredited)
We Who Are Young
1940 · Movie
as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)
Alfalfa's Double
1940 · Movie
as Alfalfa's Mother
All About Hash
1940 · Movie
as Alfalfa's Mother
Tiny Troubles
1939 · Movie
as Alfalfa's mother
Four Girls in White
1939 · Movie
as Nurse Behind Counter
Stronger Than Desire
1939 · Movie
as Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
1939 · Movie
as Nurse #1
Within the Law
1939 · Movie
as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
Broadway Serenade
1939 · Movie
as Gracie (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939 · Movie
as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
On Borrowed Time
1939 · Movie
as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
1939 · Movie
as Nurse
Dancing Co-Ed
1939 · Movie
as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939 · Movie
as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)
Radio Hams
1939 · Movie
as Mrs. Crane
Angel of Mercy
1939 · Movie
as Wife (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939 · Movie
as Miss Howard (uncredited)
Alfalfa's Aunt
1939 · Movie
as Martha Switzer
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939 · Movie
as Neighbor
Young Dr. Kildare
1938 · Movie
as Nurse (uncredited)
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938 · Movie
as Kate
That Mothers Might Live
1938 · Movie
as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
Woman Against Woman
1938 · Movie
as Nurse Sherwood
Miracle Money
1938 · Movie
as Miss Grant (uncredited)
How to Read
1938 · Movie
as Dental Patient (uncredited)
The First Hundred Years
1938 · Movie
as Sadie (uncredited)
Boys Town
1938 · Movie
as Nun (uncredited)
The Chaser
1938 · Movie
as Brandon's Secretary
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Men in Fright
1938 · Movie
as Sonny's Mother (uncredited)
Fast Company
1938 · Movie
as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
1938 · Movie
as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)
It May Happen to You
1937 · Movie
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Grand Bounce
1937 · Movie
as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold
1937 · Movie
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Big City
1937 · Movie
as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
Song of Revolt
1937 · Movie
as Peasant Woman (uncredited)
Three on a Limb
1936 · Movie
as Addie
The Public Pays
1936 · Movie
as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
Easy Money
1936 · Movie
as Mrs. Ada Turner
Brilliant Marriage
1936 · Movie
as Brenda
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936 · Movie
as Secretary
Ring Around the Moon
1936 · Movie
as Carol Anderson
Born to Dance
1936 · Movie
as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)
Midnight Phantom
1935 · Movie
as Kathleen Ryan
The Keeper of the Bees
1935 · Movie
as Nurse
On Probation
1935 · Movie
as Mable Gordon
Condemned to Live
1935 · Movie
as Martha Kristan
3 Kids and a Queen
1935 · Movie
as Nurse
Forced Landing
1935 · Movie
as Mrs. Margaret Byrd
Circumstantial Evidence
1935 · Movie
as Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)
The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935 · Movie
as Mrs. Munn
A Girl of the Limberlost
1934 · Movie
as Elvira Carney
Sons of Steel
1934 · Movie
as Miss Peters
Tomorrow's Youth
1934 · Movie
as Miss Booth
Found Alive
1933 · Movie
as Edith Roberts
The Death Kiss
1932 · Movie
as Script Girl
The Lady from Nowhere
1931 · Movie
as Mollie Carter
Desert Vengeance
1931 · Movie
as Anne Dixon
Brothers
1931 · Movie
as Doris LaRue
The Lash
1930 · Movie
as Lupe
Tol'able David
1930 · Movie
as Rose Kinemon
Sunny
1930 · Movie
as Margaret Manners
The Love Trader
1930 · Movie
as Luane
Smoke Bellew
1929 · Movie
as Joy Gastrell
The Haunted House
1928 · Movie
as Nancy
Fashion News
1928 · Movie
as Self
The Port of Missing Girls
1928 · Movie
as Ruth King
The Broken Mask
1928 · Movie
as Caricia
The Cavalier
1928 · Movie
as Lucia D'Arquista
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Bitter Sweets
1928 · Movie
as Bett Kingston
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Marry the Girl
1928 · Movie
as Elinor
Mockery
1927 · Movie
as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
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Life of an Actress
1927 · Movie
as Nora Dowen
The Girl from Gay Paree
1927 · Movie
as Mary Davis
A Man's Past
1927 · Movie
as Yvonne Fontaine
The Notorious Lady
1927 · Movie
as Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee
Backstage
1927 · Movie
as Julia Joyce
Sunshine of Paradise Alley
1926 · Movie
as Sunshine O'Day
The Sporting Lover
1926 · Movie
Old Loves and New
1926 · Movie
as Marny
Devil’s Dice
1926 · Movie
Percy
1925 · Movie
as Imogene Chandler
The Mad Whirl
1925 · Movie
as Margie Taylor
Tumbleweeds
1925 · Movie
as Molly Lassiter
What Fools Men
1925 · Movie
as Jenny McFarlan
The Talker
1925 · Movie
as Barbara Farley
Champion of Lost Causes
1925 · Movie
as Beatrice Charles
Women Who Give
1924 · Movie
as Emily Swift
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The Whipping Boss
1924 · Movie
as Grace Woodward
Pagan Passions
1924 · Movie
as Shirley Dangerfield
Romance Land
1923 · Movie
as Nan Harvess
The Tie That Binds
1923 · Movie
as Mary Ellen Gray
Souls for Sale
1923 · Movie
as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
The Acquittal
1923 · Movie
as Edith Craig
The Spoilers
1923 · Movie
as Helen Chester
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The Forbidden Lover
1923 · Movie
as Maria Almada
Arabia
1922 · Movie
as Janice Terhune
Step on It!
1922 · Movie
as Lorraine Leighton
The Power of Love
1922 · Movie
as Maria Almeda
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Another Man's Shoes
1922 · Movie
as Mercia Solano
The Unfoldment
1922 · Movie
as Martha Osborne
Alias Julius Caesar
1922 · Movie
as Helen
Man Under Cover
1922 · Movie
as Margaret Langdon
Arabian Love
1922 · Movie
as Nadine Fortier
Out of the Silent North
1922 · Movie
as Marcette Vallois
Cinderella of the Hills
1921 · Movie
as Norris Gradley
The Face of the World
1921 · Movie
as Thora
The Big Punch
1921 · Movie
as Hope Standish
The Cradle of Courage
1920 · Movie
as Nora
The Last of the Mohicans
1920 · Movie
as Cora Munro
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Deep Waters
1920 · Movie
as Betty West
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The Miracle of Salt Lake
· Movie
as Pioneer Woman (Uncredited)
