Barbara Bedford
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1903-07-19
Place of birth
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
Images
Cast
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941
6.00
Romance Land
1923
0.00
Arabia
1922
0.00
Percy
1925
0.00
Flag of Mercy
1942
0.00
A Way in the Wilderness
1940
0.00
Three on a Limb
1936
5.70
The Tie That Binds
1923
0.00
Family Troubles
1943
5.50
Mockery
1927
6.70
The Haunted House
1928
0.00
Smoke Bellew
1929
6.00
That Inferior Feeling
1940
5.40
The Mad Whirl
1925
6.20
It May Happen to You
1937
5.25
The Public Pays
1936
7.10
Step on It!
1922
0.00
Midnight Phantom
1935
4.80
The Keeper of the Bees
1935
6.00
Easy Money
1936
4.40
Found Alive
1933
0.00
Fashion News
1928
5.00
A Girl of the Limberlost
1934
1.00
On Probation
1935
0.00
The Lash
1930
5.30
The Cradle of Courage
1920
6.30
The Lady from Nowhere
1931
0.00
Sons of Steel
1934
5.00
Condemned to Live
1935
5.11
Tiny Troubles
1939
6.00
I Love You Again
1940
7.17
Desert Vengeance
1931
0.00
Brilliant Marriage
1936
4.50
The Last of the Mohicans
1920
6.20
The Port of Missing Girls
1928
0.00
Souls for Sale
1923
6.19
Cinderella of the Hills
1921
0.00
The Grand Bounce
1937
6.50
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
6.50
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
5.90
Four Girls in White
1939
6.30
Tol'able David
1930
7.00
Go West
1940
6.50
Stronger Than Desire
1939
5.80
Tomorrow's Youth
1934
0.00
Seeing Hands
1943
6.00
Idiot's Delight
1939
6.10
Within the Law
1939
6.00
Broadway Serenade
1939
6.20
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
6.10
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
5.90
On Borrowed Time
1939
7.50
That Mothers Might Live
1938
6.13
Nazi Agent
1942
6.60
Sergeant Madden
1939
6.00
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
6.20
The Broken Mask
1928
0.00
Love Crazy
1941
7.10
Sunshine of Paradise Alley
1926
6.00
Women in Hiding
1940
7.00
You, the People
1940
5.75
Woman Against Woman
1938
6.50
Miracle Money
1938
5.60
Life of an Actress
1927
0.00
The Face of the World
1921
0.00
The Earl of Chicago
1940
5.60
How to Read
1938
5.20
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939
5.00
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942
0.00
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936
0.00
Boom Town
1940
6.90
Pound Foolish
1940
7.00
Radio Hams
1939
6.00
Ring Around the Moon
1936
3.00
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
6.00
Florian
1940
1.00
Sky Murder
1940
6.30
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
6.80
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
6.80
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
6.10
Born to Dance
1936
6.10
Who's Superstitious?
1943
5.00
Big City
1937
7.40
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
6.80
Sunny
1930
6.50
Angel of Mercy
1939
6.00
The Girl from Gay Paree
1927
0.00
Girls of the Big House
1945
6.00
The Death Kiss
1932
5.14
Honky Tonk
1941
6.40
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
5.67
Born to Sing
1942
5.00
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
6.50
Lost Angel
1943
7.50
Meet the People
1944
5.00
Brothers
1931
0.00
Alfalfa's Aunt
1939
6.00
Bubbling Troubles
1940
6.50
Slightly Dangerous
1943
5.80
The First Hundred Years
1938
6.00
Women Who Give
1924
0.00
The Acquittal
1923
0.00
American Spoken Here
1940
0.00
Song of Revolt
1937
6.00
Tumbleweeds
1925
5.90
A Man's Past
1927
6.00
Main Street on the March!
1941
5.60
Boys Town
1938
6.70
Wedding Worries
1941
6.00
Best Foot Forward
1943
6.00
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
5.50
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
6.30
The Domineering Male
1940
6.00
The Love Trader
1930
0.00
The Cavalier
1928
0.00
The Sporting Lover
1926
0.00
Inflation
1942
5.00
The Spoilers
1923
0.00
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
6.00
The Chaser
1938
6.00
We Who Are Young
1940
5.80
Sucker List
1941
6.33
The Notorious Lady
1927
7.00
The Power of Love
1922
0.00
The Whipping Boss
1924
0.00
What Fools Men
1925
1.00
Whistling in the Dark
1941
5.80
Old Loves and New
1926
3.00
Backstage
1927
0.00
The Talker
1925
1.00
Ship Ahoy
1942
5.90
Another Man's Shoes
1922
0.00
Reunion in France
1942
6.40
Men in Fright
1938
5.50
The Unfoldment
1922
0.00
The Big Punch
1921
5.00
Alfalfa's Double
1940
6.00
All About Hash
1940
5.00
1-2-3-Go!
1941
6.70
Fast Company
1938
5.40
The Forbidden Lover
1923
0.00
Forced Landing
1935
0.00
Circumstantial Evidence
1935
6.00
Tortilla Flat
1942
5.40