Barbara Bedford
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.
159 acting credits
Acting · 159
MGM Parade
1955
Boys Town
1938
Love Crazy
1941
Nazi Agent
1942
Honky Tonk
1941
Boom Town
1940
Reunion in France
1942
Idiot's Delight
1939
Sunny
1930
Slightly Dangerous
1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
Tortilla Flat
1942
Broadway Serenade
1939
Too Hot to Handle
1938
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
Born to Dance
1936
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
I Love You Again
1940
On Borrowed Time
1939
Go West
1940
Circumstantial Evidence
1935
Four Girls in White
1939
Mockery
1927
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Lost Angel
1943
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
Sergeant Madden
1939
The First Hundred Years
1938
You, the People
1940
Souls for Sale
1923
Florian
1940
On Probation
1935
Whistling in the Dark
1941
The Spoilers
1923
Woman Against Woman
1938
Tumbleweeds
1925
The Death Kiss
1932
Ship Ahoy
1942
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
The Tie That Binds
1923
What Fools Men
1925
We Who Are Young
1940
The Talker
1925
The Public Pays
1936
Meet the People
1944
The Earl of Chicago
1940
Inflation
1942
The Last of the Mohicans
1920
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
Smoke Bellew
1929
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
American Spoken Here
1940
The Chaser
1938
Big City
1937
The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
The Grand Bounce
1937
The Lash
1930
Condemned to Live
1935
Midnight Phantom
1935
Fast Company
1938
Best Foot Forward
1943
Angel of Mercy
1939
Girls of the Big House
1945
Main Street on the March!
1941
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
Sky Murder
1940
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
The Keeper of the Bees
1935
Pound Foolish
1940
Alfalfa's Aunt
1939
Women in Hiding
1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
Backstage
1927
Tiny Troubles
1939
Forced Landing
1935
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941
Born to Sing
1942
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
Flag of Mercy
1942
Percy
1925
Within the Law
1939
Women Who Give
1924
That Mothers Might Live
1938
Desert Vengeance
1931
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
Family Troubles
1943
The Big Punch
1921
A Girl of the Limberlost
1934
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
A Way in the Wilderness
1940
Arabian Love
1922
Tomorrow's Youth
1934
Who's Superstitious?
1943
A Man's Past
1927
Brilliant Marriage
1936
1-2-3-Go!
1941
Men in Fright
1938
Sucker List
1941
The Girl from Gay Paree
1927
Ring Around the Moon
1936
Another Man's Shoes
1922
Song of Revolt
1937
Tol'able David
1930
The Broken Mask
1928
Wedding Worries
1941
Miracle Money
1938
Step on It!
1922
The Sporting Lover
1926
The Acquittal
1923
Stronger Than Desire
1939
Romance Land
1923
Seeing Hands
1943
The Haunted House
1928
The Unfoldment
1922
Arabia
1922
How to Read
1938
Easy Money
1936
The Power of Love
1922
Alfalfa's Double
1940
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942
Bubbling Troubles
1940
The Mad Whirl
1925
That Inferior Feeling
1940
Radio Hams
1939
The Cavalier
1928
Cinderella of the Hills
1921
The Port of Missing Girls
1928
The Love Trader
1930
Three on a Limb
1936
Sons of Steel
1934
Life of an Actress
1927
Fashion News
1928
All About Hash
1940
The Whipping Boss
1924
The Face of the World
1921
The Cradle of Courage
1920
Found Alive
1933
The Lady from Nowhere
1931
Sunshine of Paradise Alley
1926
The Notorious Lady
1927
Deep Waters
1920
The Domineering Male
1940
Devil’s Dice
1926
Alias Julius Caesar
1922
It May Happen to You
1937
Pagan Passions
1924
Out of the Silent North
1922
Brothers
1931
Champion of Lost Causes
1925
The Miracle of Salt Lake
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Old Loves and New
1926
The Forbidden Lover
1923
Man Under Cover
1922
Bitter Sweets
1928
Marry the Girl
1928