Barbara Bedford
Known for: Acting
Born: July 19, 1903
Died: October 25, 1981
Place of birth: Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
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.
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Filmography
158 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
7.5
Girls of the Big House
1945
5.8
Meet the People
1944
8.0
Lost Angel
1943
6.8
Best Foot Forward
1943
6.5
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
6.3
Seeing Hands
1943
6.0
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
6.5
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
6.8
Family Troubles
1943
6.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943
6.7
Who's Superstitious?
1943
6.5
Reunion in France
1942
5.8
Tortilla Flat
1942
6.3
Ship Ahoy
1942
7.0
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942
6.6
Nazi Agent
1942
5.4
Born to Sing
1942
7.5
Flag of Mercy
1942
6.3
Inflation
1942
6.3
Wedding Worries
1941
6.1
Main Street on the March!
1941
7.7
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941
6.4
Honky Tonk
1941
5.9
Whistling in the Dark
1941
7.0
Sucker List
1941
6.8
Love Crazy
1941
6.6
1-2-3-Go!
1941
7.0
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
6.6
Go West
19406.2
You, the People
1940
9.0
American Spoken Here
1940
6.8
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
7.0
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
6.8
Sky Murder
1940
6.8
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
7.0
Boom Town
1940
7.2
I Love You Again
1940
6.8
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
6.3
We Who Are Young
1940
7.0
A Way in the Wilderness
1940
7.0
Women in Hiding
1940
4.5
Florian
19407.0
Bubbling Troubles
1940
7.3
The Domineering Male
1940
6.0
All About Hash
1940
8.0
Pound Foolish
1940
6.1
That Inferior Feeling
1940
6.7
Alfalfa's Double
1940
6.3
The Earl of Chicago
1940
5.0
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
6.6
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
5.7
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
7.6
On Borrowed Time
1939
5.5
Stronger Than Desire
1939
7.7
Angel of Mercy
1939
7.3
Radio Hams
1939
6.6
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
6.6
Broadway Serenade
1939
7.5
Sergeant Madden
1939
6.5
Within the Law
1939
6.8
Tiny Troubles
1939
7.2
Four Girls in White
1939
6.1
Idiot's Delight
1939
6.3
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939
6.5
Alfalfa's Aunt
19396.6
Men in Fright
1938
6.7
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
6.0
Too Hot to Handle
1938
6.8
Boys Town
1938
5.4
How to Read
1938
6.1
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
8.0
The Chaser
1938
5.4
Fast Company
1938
7.0
Woman Against Woman
1938
6.2
That Mothers Might Live
19386.0
Miracle Money
1938
7.3
The First Hundred Years
1938
5.7
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
7.7
Big City
19375.5
It May Happen to You
1937
6.3
Song of Revolt
1937
7.0
The Grand Bounce
1937
6.1
Born to Dance
1936
7.0
The Public Pays
1936
4.8
Easy Money
1936
9.0
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936
5.8
Brilliant Marriage
1936
4.8
Ring Around the Moon
1936
5.9
Three on a Limb
1936
8.0
Forced Landing
1935
5.1
Midnight Phantom
1935
6.8
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
5.6
The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
5.2
Condemned to Live
1935
6.0
The Keeper of the Bees
1935
10.0
On Probation
1935
6.3
Circumstantial Evidence
1935
7.0
Sons of Steel
1934
3.0
A Girl of the Limberlost
1934
10.0
Tomorrow's Youth
1934
9.0
Found Alive
1933
5.3
The Death Kiss
1932
10.0
The Lady from Nowhere
1931
7.0
Brothers
1931
10.0
Desert Vengeance
1931
6.5
The Lash
1930
8.5
Tol'able David
1930
6.3
Sunny
1930
8.0
The Love Trader
1930
7.5
Smoke Bellew
1929
5.0
Fashion News
1928
7.0
The Haunted House
1928
7.0
The Cavalier
19287.0
Bitter Sweets
1928
7.0
The Port of Missing Girls
19287.0
Marry the Girl
1928
7.0
The Broken Mask
1928
7.0
The Girl from Gay Paree
1927
6.5
A Man's Past
1927
6.9
Mockery
1927
9.0
Backstage
1927
7.5
The Notorious Lady
19278.0
Life of an Actress
1927
8.0
Sunshine of Paradise Alley
1926
7.0
Devil’s Dice
1926
8.0
The Sporting Lover
1926
4.0
Old Loves and New
1926
6.1
Tumbleweeds
1925
3.7
What Fools Men
1925
4.0
The Talker
1925
10.0
Percy
1925
6.6
The Mad Whirl
1925
9.0
Champion of Lost Causes
1925
10.0
Women Who Give
1924
8.0
Pagan Passions
19247.0
The Whipping Boss
1924
9.0
The Acquittal
1923
9.0
The Spoilers
192310.0
The Forbidden Lover
1923
6.3
Souls for Sale
1923
8.0
The Tie That Binds
1923
8.0
Romance Land
19239.0
Another Man's Shoes
1922
10.0
Arabia
1922
8.0
Man Under Cover
1922
8.0
The Power of Love
1922
7.0
Alias Julius Caesar
1922
9.0
Out of the Silent North
1922
9.0
Step on It!
1922
8.0
Arabian Love
1922
9.0
The Unfoldment
1922
8.0
Cinderella of the Hills
1921
7.0
The Face of the World
1921
7.0
The Big Punch
1921
6.3
The Last of the Mohicans
19208.0
Deep Waters
1920
6.5
The Cradle of Courage
19208.0
The Miracle of Salt Lake
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