Barbara Bedford

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1903-07-19 (78 years old)

Deathday

1981-10-25

Place of Birth

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA

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 al...

Acting

1941

Come Back, Miss Pipps

as Angry Parent (uncredited)

1923

Romance Land

as Nan Harvess

1922

Arabia

as Janice Terhune

1925

Percy

as Imogene Chandler

1942

1940

A Way in the Wilderness

as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

1936

1923

The Tie That Binds

as Mary Ellen Gray

1927

Mockery

as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova

1928

1929

Smoke Bellew

as Joy Gastrell

1940

That Inferior Feeling

as Bride (uncredited)

1925

The Mad Whirl

as Margie Taylor

1937

It May Happen to You

as Nurse (uncredited)

1936

The Public Pays

as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)

1922

Step on It!

as Lorraine Leighton

1935

Midnight Phantom

as Kathleen Ryan

1936

Easy Money

as Mrs. Ada Turner

1933

Found Alive

as Edith Roberts

1928

1934

A Girl of the Limberlost

as Elvira Carney

1935

On Probation

as Mable Gordon

1930

The Lash

as Lupe

1931

The Lady from Nowhere

as Mollie Carter

1934

Sons of Steel

as Miss Peters

1935

Condemned to Live

as Martha Kristan

1939

Tiny Troubles

as Alfalfa's mother

1940

I Love You Again

as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)

1931

Desert Vengeance

as Anne Dixon

1936

1920

1923

Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary

1921

Cinderella of the Hills

as Norris Gradley

1937

The Grand Bounce

as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)

1938

Young Dr. Kildare

as Nurse (uncredited)

1939

Four Girls in White

as Nurse Behind Counter

1930

Tol'able David

as Rose Kinemon

1940

Go West

as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)

1939

Stronger Than Desire

as Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)

1934

Tomorrow's Youth

as Miss Booth

1943

Seeing Hands

as Ben's Mother (uncredited)

1939

Idiot's Delight

as Nurse #1

1939

Within the Law

as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary

1939

Broadway Serenade

as Gracie (uncredited)

1937

Navy Blue and Gold

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

1939

On Borrowed Time

as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)

1938

That Mothers Might Live

as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)

1942

Nazi Agent

as Woman (uncredited)

1939

1939

Dancing Co-Ed

as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)

1928

The Broken Mask

as Caricia

1941

Love Crazy

as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)

1926

1940

You, the People

as Rooming House Diner

1940

Women in Hiding

as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)

1938

Woman Against Woman

as Nurse Sherwood

1938

Miracle Money

as Miss Grant (uncredited)

1927

Life of an Actress

as Nora Dowen

1940

The Earl of Chicago

as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)

1938

How to Read

as Dental Patient (uncredited)

1939

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)

1942

The Lady or the Tiger?

as Lady Behind the Door

1940

Boom Town

as Nurse (uncredited)

1940

Pound Foolish

as Mayor's Secretary

1939

Radio Hams

as Mrs. Crane

1936

Ring Around the Moon

as Carol Anderson

1940

Little Nellie Kelly

as Miss Wilson (uncredited)

1940

Florian

as Kingston's Secretary

1940

Sky Murder

as Grand's Maid

1940

Third Finger, Left Hand

as Woman at Railroad Station

1940

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)

1936

Born to Dance

as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)

1937

Big City

as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)

1941

Maisie Was a Lady

as Nurse (Uncredited)

1930

Sunny

as Margaret Manners

1939

Angel of Mercy

as Wife (uncredited)

1927

1945

Girls of the Big House

as Visitors Matron

1932

The Death Kiss

as Script Girl

1941

Honky Tonk

as Salvation Army Woman

1939

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

as Miss Howard (uncredited)

1942

Born to Sing

as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)

1940

Gold Rush Maisie

as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)

1943

Lost Angel

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1944

Meet the People

as Ritz Patron (uncredited)

1931

Brothers

as Doris LaRue

1939

Alfalfa's Aunt

as Martha Switzer

1940

Bubbling Troubles

as Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as Customer (uncredited)

1938

The First Hundred Years

as Sadie (uncredited)

1924

Women Who Give

as Emily Swift

1923

The Acquittal

as Edith Craig

1940

American Spoken Here

as Corset Buyer (uncredited)

1937

Song of Revolt

as Peasant Woman (uncredited)

1925

Tumbleweeds

as Molly Lassiter

1927

A Man's Past

as Yvonne Fontaine

1941

Main Street on the March!

as Nurse (uncredited)

1938

Boys Town

as Nun (uncredited)

1941

Wedding Worries

as Miss Douglas (uncredited)

1943

Best Foot Forward

as Chaperone at Dance

1943

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Secretary (uncredited)

1943

Presenting Lily Mars

as Assistant Boardinghouse Manager

1940

The Domineering Male

as Party Hostess (uncredited)

1930

1928

The Cavalier

as Lucia D'Arquista

1942

Inflation

as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)

1923

The Spoilers

as Helen Chester

1935

1938

The Chaser

as Brandon's Secretary

1940

We Who Are Young

as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)

1941

Sucker List

as Secretary (uncredited)

1927

The Notorious Lady

as Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee

1922

The Power of Love

as Maria Almeda

1924

The Whipping Boss

as Grace Woodward

1925

What Fools Men

as Jenny McFarlan

1941

Whistling in the Dark

as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1926

1927

Backstage

as Julia Joyce

1925

The Talker

as Barbara Farley

1942

Ship Ahoy

as Mrs. Loring

1922

Another Man's Shoes

as Mercia Solano

1942

Reunion in France

as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)

1938

Men in Fright

as Sonny's Mother (uncredited)

1922

The Unfoldment

as Martha Osborne

1921

The Big Punch

as Hope Standish

1940

Alfalfa's Double

as Alfalfa's Mother

1940

All About Hash

as Alfalfa's Mother

1941

1-2-3-Go!

as Nurse

1938

Fast Company

as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)

1923

The Forbidden Lover

as Maria Almada

1935

Forced Landing

as Mrs. Margaret Byrd

1935

Circumstantial Evidence

as Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)

1942

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