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Barbara Bedford

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Born / DiedJul 19, 1903 (Died at 78)
Zodiac Sign♋Cancer
Place of BirthPrairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
Career Span1920 – 1981
Known Credits150 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 0.7

Barbara Bedford

Also known as:Violet May RoseViolet RoseБарбара Бедфорд
Total Works

150

149 movies • 1 shows

Avg Rating

6.3 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Boys Town
6.8
Boys Town
1938•movie
as Nun (uncredited)
Go West
6.6
Go West
1940•movie
as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
Boom Town
7.0
Boom Town
1940•movie
as Nurse (uncredited)
I Love You Again
7.2
I Love You Again
1940•movie
as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 150 titles featuring Barbara Bedford

Boys Town
6.8
Boys Town
1938•movie

as Nun (uncredited)

Go West
6.6
Go West
1940•movie

as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)

Boom Town
7.0
Boom Town
1940•movie

as Nurse (uncredited)

I Love You Again
7.2
I Love You Again
1940•movie

as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)

The Last of the Mohicans
6.4

as Cora Munro

Love Crazy
6.8
Love Crazy
1941•movie

as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)

The Death Kiss
5.2
The Death Kiss
1932•movie

as Script Girl

Born to Dance
6.1
Born to Dance
1936•movie

as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)

On Borrowed Time
7.6
On Borrowed Time
1939•movie

as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)

Tortilla Flat
5.8
Tortilla Flat
1942•movie

as Nun

Souls for Sale
6.3
Souls for Sale
1923•movie

as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary

Reunion in France
6.5
Reunion in France
1942•movie

as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle
6.1
Too Hot to Handle
1938•movie

as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)

Tumbleweeds
6.1
Tumbleweeds
1925•movie

as Molly Lassiter

Honky Tonk
6.3
Honky Tonk
1941•movie

as Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)

Du Barry Was a Lady
6.5

as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)

Idiot's Delight
6.1
Idiot's Delight
1939•movie

as Nurse #1

Condemned to Live
5.2
Condemned to Live
1935•movie

as Martha Kristan

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
5.7

as Miss Howard (uncredited)

Whistling in the Dark
5.9

as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Presenting Lily Mars
6.4

as Assistant Boardinghouse Manager

Nazi Agent
6.6
Nazi Agent
1942•movie

as Woman (uncredited)

How to Read
5.4
How to Read
1938•movie

as Dental Patient (uncredited)

Third Finger, Left Hand
7.0

as Woman at Railroad Station

Main Street on the March!
6.1

as Nurse (uncredited)

The Public Pays
7.0
The Public Pays
1936•movie

as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)

That Mothers Might Live
6.2

as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)

Mockery
6.9
Mockery
1927•movie

as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova

The Keeper of the Bees
6.0

as Nurse

Navy Blue and Gold
5.7
Navy Blue and Gold
1937•movie

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

Ship Ahoy
6.4
Ship Ahoy
1942•movie

as Mrs. Loring

Fast Company
5.4
Fast Company
1938•movie

as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)

The Spanish Cape Mystery
5.6

as Mrs. Munn

The Cradle of Courage
6.5

as Nora

Young Dr. Kildare
6.7
Young Dr. Kildare
1938•movie

as Nurse (uncredited)

Midnight Phantom
5.1
Midnight Phantom
1935•movie

as Kathleen Ryan

Rich Man, Poor Girl
6.1

as Kate

Seeing Hands
6.3
Seeing Hands
1943•movie

as Ben's Mother (uncredited)

Calling Dr. Kildare
6.6

as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

Three on a Limb
5.9
Three on a Limb
1936•movie

as Addie

That Inferior Feeling
6.1

as Bride (uncredited)

Stronger Than Desire
5.5

as Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)

Little Nellie Kelly
6.8

as Miss Wilson (uncredited)

Sky Murder
6.8
Sky Murder
1940•movie

as Grand's Maid

Dr. Kildare Goes Home
6.8

as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

Lost Angel
8.0
Lost Angel
1943•movie

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous
6.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943•movie

as Customer (uncredited)

Miracle Money
6.0
Miracle Money
1938•movie

as Miss Grant (uncredited)

The Earl of Chicago
6.3

as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)

It May Happen to You
5.5

as Nurse (uncredited)

Easy Money
4.8
Easy Money
1936•movie

as Mrs. Ada Turner

Within the Law
6.5
Within the Law
1939•movie

as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary

Dancing Co-Ed
6.5
Dancing Co-Ed
1939•movie

as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)

You, the People
6.2
You, the People
1940•movie

as Rooming House Diner

Ring Around the Moon
4.8

as Carol Anderson

Big City
7.7
Big City
1937•movie

as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)

Gold Rush Maisie
6.8
Gold Rush Maisie
1940•movie

as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)

Meet the People
5.8
Meet the People
1944•movie

as Ritz Patron (uncredited)

Wedding Worries
6.3
Wedding Worries
1941•movie

as Miss Douglas (uncredited)

We Who Are Young
6.3
We Who Are Young
1940•movie

as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)

The Grand Bounce
7.0
The Grand Bounce
1937•movie

as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)

Broadway Serenade
6.6
Broadway Serenade
1939•movie

as Gracie (uncredited)

Maisie Was a Lady
7.0
Maisie Was a Lady
1941•movie

as Nurse (Uncredited)

Sunny
6.3
Sunny
1930•movie

as Margaret Manners

Born to Sing
5.4
Born to Sing
1942•movie

as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)

Best Foot Forward
6.8
Best Foot Forward
1943•movie

as Chaperone at Dance

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
6.0

as Secretary (uncredited)

Sucker List
7.0
Sucker List
1941•movie

as Secretary (uncredited)

6.6
Men in Fright
1938•movie

as Sonny's Mother (uncredited)

1-2-3-Go!
6.6
1-2-3-Go!
1941•movie

as Nurse

Family Troubles
6.8
Family Troubles
1943•movie
The Mad Whirl
6.6
The Mad Whirl
1925•movie

as Margie Taylor

The Lash
6.5
The Lash
1930•movie

as Lupe

Tiny Troubles
6.8
Tiny Troubles
1939•movie

as Alfalfa's mother

Brilliant Marriage
5.8
Brilliant Marriage
1936•movie

as Brenda

Four Girls in White
7.2

as Nurse Behind Counter

Women in Hiding
7.0
Women in Hiding
1940•movie

as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)

Woman Against Woman
7.0

as Nurse Sherwood

Inflation
6.3
Inflation
1942•movie

as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)

3 Kids and a Queen
6.8
3 Kids and a Queen
1935•movie

as Nurse

Old Loves and New
4.0
Old Loves and New
1926•movie

as Marny

Circumstantial Evidence
6.2

as Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)

Come Back, Miss Pipps
7.7

as Angry Parent (uncredited)

A Girl of the Limberlost
3.0

as Elvira Carney

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
6.3

as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)

Pound Foolish
8.0
Pound Foolish
1940•movie

as Mayor's Secretary

Radio Hams
7.3
Radio Hams
1939•movie

as Mrs. Crane

Who's Superstitious?
6.7

as Wife

Angel of Mercy
7.7
Angel of Mercy
1939•movie

as Wife (uncredited)

The First Hundred Years
7.3

as Sadie (uncredited)

Song of Revolt
6.3
Song of Revolt
1937•movie

as Peasant Woman (uncredited)

The Domineering Male
7.3

as Party Hostess (uncredited)

What Fools Men
3.7
What Fools Men
1925•movie

as Jenny McFarlan

The Talker
4.0
The Talker
1925•movie

as Barbara Farley

Alfalfa's Double
6.7
Alfalfa's Double
1940•movie

as Alfalfa's Mother

All About Hash
6.0
All About Hash
1940•movie

as Alfalfa's Mother

Flag of Mercy
7.5
Flag of Mercy
1942•movie

as Nurse

A Way in the Wilderness
7.0

as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

Smoke Bellew
7.5
Smoke Bellew
1929•movie

as Joy Gastrell

Sons of Steel
7.0
Sons of Steel
1934•movie

as Miss Peters

Tol'able David
8.5
Tol'able David
1930•movie

as Rose Kinemon

Sergeant Madden
7.5
Sergeant Madden
1939•movie

as Nurse

Sunshine of Paradise Alley
8.0

as Sunshine O'Day

Florian
4.5
Florian
1940•movie

as Kingston's Secretary

Girls of the Big House
7.5

as Visitors Matron

Alfalfa's Aunt
6.5
Alfalfa's Aunt
1939•movie

as Martha Switzer

A Man's Past
6.5
A Man's Past
1927•movie

as Yvonne Fontaine

The Chaser
8.0
The Chaser
1938•movie

as Brandon's Secretary

The Notorious Lady
7.5
The Notorious Lady
1927•movie

as Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee

The Big Punch
7.0
The Big Punch
1921•movie

as Hope Standish

MGM Parade
7.5
1 eps
MGM Parade
1955•series

as Self

Romance Land
8.0
Romance Land
1923•movie

as Nan Harvess

Arabia
10.0
Arabia
1922•movie

as Janice Terhune

Percy
10.0
Percy
1925•movie

as Imogene Chandler

The Tie That Binds
8.0
The Tie That Binds
1923•movie

as Mary Ellen Gray

The Haunted House
7.0
The Haunted House
1928•movie

as Nancy

Step on It!
9.0
Step on It!
1922•movie

as Lorraine Leighton

Found Alive
9.0
Found Alive
1933•movie

as Edith Roberts

Fashion News
5.0
Fashion News
1928•movie

as Self

On Probation
10.0
On Probation
1935•movie

as Mable Gordon

The Lady from Nowhere
10.0

as Mollie Carter

Desert Vengeance
10.0
Desert Vengeance
1931•movie

as Anne Dixon

The Port of Missing Girls
7.0

as Ruth King

Cinderella of the Hills
8.0

as Norris Gradley

Tomorrow's Youth
10.0
Tomorrow's Youth
1934•movie

as Miss Booth

The Broken Mask
7.0
The Broken Mask
1928•movie

as Caricia

The Face of the World
7.0

as Thora

The Lady or the Tiger?
7.0

as Lady Behind the Door

The Mine with the Iron Door
9.0

as Secretary

The Girl from Gay Paree
7.0

as Mary Davis

Brothers
7.0
Brothers
1931•movie

as Doris LaRue

Women Who Give
10.0
Women Who Give
1924•movie

as Emily Swift

The Acquittal
9.0
The Acquittal
1923•movie

as Edith Craig

American Spoken Here
9.0

as Corset Buyer (uncredited)

The Love Trader
8.0
The Love Trader
1930•movie

as Luane

The Cavalier
7.0
The Cavalier
1928•movie

as Lucia D'Arquista

The Sporting Lover
8.0
The Sporting Lover
1926•movie
The Spoilers
9.0
The Spoilers
1923•movie

as Helen Chester

The Power of Love
8.0
The Power of Love
1922•movie

as Maria Almeda

Backstage
9.0
Backstage
1927•movie

as Julia Joyce

Forced Landing
8.0
Forced Landing
1935•movie

as Mrs. Margaret Byrd

Devil’s Dice
7.0
Devil’s Dice
1926•movie
Champion of Lost Causes
9.0

as Beatrice Charles

Alias Julius Caesar
7.0

as Helen

Man Under Cover
8.0
Man Under Cover
1922•movie

as Margaret Langdon

Arabian Love
8.0
Arabian Love
1922•movie

as Nadine Fortier

Pagan Passions
8.0
Pagan Passions
1924•movie

as Shirley Dangerfield

Out of the Silent North
9.0

as Marcette Vallois

The Unfoldment
9.0
The Unfoldment
1922•movie

as Martha Osborne