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

Angry Parent (uncredited)

Come Back, Miss Pipps

Janice Terhune

Arabia

Nan Harvess

Romance Land

Imogene Chandler

Percy

Nurse

Flag of Mercy

Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

A Way in the Wilderness

Addie

Three on a Limb

Mary Ellen Gray

The Tie That Binds

Family Troubles

Countess Tatiana Alexandrova

Mockery

Nancy

The Haunted House

Joy Gastrell

Smoke Bellew

Bride (uncredited)

That Inferior Feeling

Margie Taylor

The Mad Whirl

Nurse (uncredited)

It May Happen to You

Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)

The Public Pays

Lorraine Leighton

Step on It!

Kathleen Ryan

Midnight Phantom

Nurse

The Keeper of the Bees

Mrs. Ada Turner

Easy Money

Edith Roberts

Found Alive

Self

Fashion News

Elvira Carney

A Girl of the Limberlost

Mable Gordon

On Probation

Lupe

The Lash

Nora

The Cradle of Courage

Mollie Carter

The Lady from Nowhere

Miss Peters

Sons of Steel

Martha Kristan

Condemned to Live

Alfalfa's mother

Tiny Troubles

Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)

I Love You Again

Anne Dixon

Desert Vengeance

Brenda

Brilliant Marriage

Cora Munro

The Last of the Mohicans

Ruth King

The Port of Missing Girls

Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary

Souls for Sale

Norris Gradley

Cinderella of the Hills

Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)

The Grand Bounce

Nurse (uncredited)

Young Dr. Kildare

Kate

Rich Man, Poor Girl

Nurse Behind Counter

Four Girls in White

Rose Kinemon

Tol'able David

Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)

Go West

Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)

Stronger Than Desire

Miss Booth

Tomorrow's Youth

Ben's Mother (uncredited)

Seeing Hands

Nurse #1

Idiot's Delight

Sarah - Gilder's Secretary

Within the Law

Gracie (uncredited)

Broadway Serenade

Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

Navy Blue and Gold

Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

Calling Dr. Kildare

Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)

On Borrowed Time

Nun Reading Book (uncredited)

That Mothers Might Live

Woman (uncredited)

Nazi Agent

Nurse

Sergeant Madden

Secretary (voice) (uncredited)

Dancing Co-Ed

Caricia

The Broken Mask

Renny's Secretary (uncredited)

Love Crazy

Sunshine O'Day

Sunshine of Paradise Alley

Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)

Women in Hiding

Rooming House Diner

You, the People

Nurse Sherwood

Woman Against Woman

Miss Grant (uncredited)

Miracle Money

Nora Dowen

Life of an Actress

Thora

The Face of the World

Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)

The Earl of Chicago

Dental Patient (uncredited)

How to Read

Woman in Movie House (uncredited)

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Lady Behind the Door

The Lady or the Tiger?

Secretary

The Mine with the Iron Door

Nurse (uncredited)

Boom Town

Mayor's Secretary

Pound Foolish

Mrs. Crane

Radio Hams

Carol Anderson

Ring Around the Moon

Miss Wilson (uncredited)

Little Nellie Kelly

Kingston's Secretary

Florian

Grand's Maid

Sky Murder

Woman at Railroad Station

Third Finger, Left Hand

Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)

Du Barry Was a Lady

Hector's Secretary (uncredited)

Born to Dance

Wife

Who's Superstitious?

Woman Who Screams (uncredited)

Big City

Nurse (Uncredited)

Maisie Was a Lady

Margaret Manners

Sunny

Wife (uncredited)

Angel of Mercy

Mary Davis

The Girl from Gay Paree

Visitors Matron

Girls of the Big House

Script Girl

The Death Kiss

Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)

Honky Tonk

Miss Howard (uncredited)

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)

Born to Sing

Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)

Gold Rush Maisie

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Lost Angel

Ritz Patron (uncredited)

Meet the People

Doris LaRue

Brothers

Martha Switzer

Alfalfa's Aunt

Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)

Bubbling Troubles

Customer (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

Sadie (uncredited)

The First Hundred Years

Emily Swift

Women Who Give

Edith Craig

The Acquittal

Corset Buyer (uncredited)

American Spoken Here

Peasant Woman (uncredited)

Song of Revolt

Molly Lassiter

Tumbleweeds

Yvonne Fontaine

A Man's Past

Nurse (uncredited)

Main Street on the March!

Nun (uncredited)

Boys Town

Miss Douglas (uncredited)

Wedding Worries

Chaperone at Dance

Best Foot Forward

Secretary (uncredited)

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Assistant Boardinghouse Manager

Presenting Lily Mars

Party Hostess (uncredited)

The Domineering Male

Neighbor

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Luane

The Love Trader

Lucia D'Arquista

The Cavalier

The Sporting Lover

Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)

Inflation

Helen Chester

The Spoilers

Nurse

3 Kids and a Queen

Brandon's Secretary

The Chaser

Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)

We Who Are Young

Secretary (uncredited)

Sucker List

Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee

The Notorious Lady

Maria Almeda

The Power of Love

Grace Woodward

The Whipping Boss

Jenny McFarlan

What Fools Men

Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Whistling in the Dark

Marny

Old Loves and New

Julia Joyce

Backstage

Barbara Farley

The Talker

Mrs. Loring

Ship Ahoy

Mercia Solano

Another Man's Shoes

Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)

Reunion in France

Sonny's Mother (uncredited)

Men in Fright

Martha Osborne

The Unfoldment

Hope Standish

The Big Punch

Alfalfa's Mother

Alfalfa's Double

Alfalfa's Mother

All About Hash

Nurse

1-2-3-Go!

MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)

Fast Company

Maria Almada

The Forbidden Lover

Mrs. Margaret Byrd

Forced Landing

Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence

Nun

Tortilla Flat

Devil’s Dice

Beatrice Charles

Champion of Lost Causes

MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle

Helen

Alias Julius Caesar

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

149

Gender

Female

Birthday

1903-07-19

Place of Birth

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As

Violet May Rose