Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 19, 1903
Died
Oct 25, 1981
Place of Birth
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
Credits
159 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
MGM Parade
Self
Girls of the Big House
Visitors Matron
Meet the People
Ritz Patron (uncredited)
Lost Angel
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Best Foot Forward
Chaperone at Dance
Du Barry Was a Lady
Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)
Seeing Hands
Ben's Mother (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Secretary (uncredited)
Presenting Lily Mars
Assistant Boardinghouse Manager
Family Troubles
Slightly Dangerous
Customer (uncredited)
Who's Superstitious?
Wife
Reunion in France
Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
Tortilla Flat
Nun
Ship Ahoy
Mrs. Loring
The Lady or the Tiger?
Lady Behind the Door
Nazi Agent
Woman (uncredited)
Born to Sing
Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
Flag of Mercy
Nurse
Inflation
Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)
Wedding Worries
Miss Douglas (uncredited)
Main Street on the March!
Nurse (uncredited)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Angry Parent (uncredited)
Honky Tonk
Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Sucker List
Secretary (uncredited)
Love Crazy
Renny's Secretary (uncredited)
1-2-3-Go!
Nurse
Maisie Was a Lady
Nurse (Uncredited)
Go West
Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
You, the People
Rooming House Diner
American Spoken Here
Corset Buyer (uncredited)
Little Nellie Kelly
Miss Wilson (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
Woman at Railroad Station
Sky Murder
Grand's Maid
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
Boom Town
Nurse (uncredited)
I Love You Again
Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
Gold Rush Maisie
Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
We Who Are Young
Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)
A Way in the Wilderness
Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Women in Hiding
Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
Florian
Kingston's Secretary
Bubbling Troubles
Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)
All About Hash
Alfalfa's Mother
The Domineering Male
Party Hostess (uncredited)
Pound Foolish
Mayor's Secretary
That Inferior Feeling
Bride (uncredited)
Alfalfa's Double
Alfalfa's Mother
The Earl of Chicago
Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)