Barbara Bedford
Acting
- Born:
- 1903-07-19
- Died:
- 1981-10-25
- Place of birth:
- Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
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
Filmography
MGM Parade
Girls of the Big House
Meet the People
Lost Angel
Best Foot Forward
Du Barry Was a Lady
Seeing Hands
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Presenting Lily Mars
Family Troubles
Slightly Dangerous
Who's Superstitious?
Reunion in France
Tortilla Flat
Ship Ahoy
The Lady or the Tiger?
Nazi Agent
Born to Sing
Flag of Mercy
Inflation
Wedding Worries
Main Street on the March!
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Honky Tonk
Whistling in the Dark
Sucker List
Love Crazy
1-2-3-Go!
Maisie Was a Lady
Go West
You, the People
American Spoken Here
Little Nellie Kelly
Third Finger, Left Hand
Sky Murder
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Boom Town
I Love You Again
Gold Rush Maisie
We Who Are Young
A Way in the Wilderness
Women in Hiding
Florian
Bubbling Troubles
The Domineering Male
All About Hash
Pound Foolish
That Inferior Feeling
Alfalfa's Double
The Earl of Chicago
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Dancing Co-Ed
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
On Borrowed Time
Stronger Than Desire
Angel of Mercy
Radio Hams
Calling Dr. Kildare
Broadway Serenade
Sergeant Madden
Within the Law
Tiny Troubles
Four Girls in White
Idiot's Delight
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Alfalfa's Aunt
Men in Fright
Young Dr. Kildare
Too Hot to Handle
Boys Town
How to Read
Rich Man, Poor Girl
The Chaser
Fast Company
Woman Against Woman
That Mothers Might Live
Miracle Money
The First Hundred Years
Navy Blue and Gold
Big City
It May Happen to You
Song of Revolt
The Grand Bounce
Born to Dance
The Public Pays
Easy Money
The Mine with the Iron Door
Brilliant Marriage
Ring Around the Moon
Three on a Limb
Forced Landing
Midnight Phantom
3 Kids and a Queen
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Condemned to Live
The Keeper of the Bees
On Probation
Circumstantial Evidence
Sons of Steel
A Girl of the Limberlost
Tomorrow's Youth
Found Alive
The Death Kiss
The Lady from Nowhere
Brothers
Desert Vengeance
The Lash
Tol'able David
Sunny
The Love Trader
Smoke Bellew
Fashion News
The Haunted House
The Cavalier
Bitter Sweets
The Port of Missing Girls
Marry the Girl
The Broken Mask
The Girl from Gay Paree
A Man's Past
Mockery
Backstage
The Notorious Lady
Life of an Actress
Sunshine of Paradise Alley
Devil’s Dice
The Sporting Lover
Old Loves and New
Tumbleweeds
What Fools Men
The Business of Love
The Talker
Percy
The Mad Whirl
Champion of Lost Causes
Women Who Give
Pagan Passions
The Whipping Boss
The Acquittal
The Spoilers
The Forbidden Lover
Souls for Sale
The Tie That Binds
Romance Land
Another Man's Shoes
Arabia
Man Under Cover
The Power of Love
Alias Julius Caesar
Out of the Silent North
Step on It!
Arabian Love
The Unfoldment
Cinderella of the Hills
The Face of the World
The Big Punch
The Last of the Mohicans
Deep Waters
The Cradle of Courage
The Miracle of Salt Lake