Barbara Bedford
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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.
Acting
Movie
Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Go West
as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
1940
Movie
Boom Town
as Nurse (uncredited)
1940
Movie
I Love You Again
as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
1940
Movie
The Last of the Mohicans
as Cora Munro
1920
Movie
Love Crazy
as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)
1941
Movie
The Death Kiss
as Script Girl
1932
Movie
On Borrowed Time
as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
1939
Movie
Born to Dance
as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)
1936
Movie
Tortilla Flat
as Nun
1942
Movie
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
1923
Movie
Reunion in France
as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Too Hot to Handle
as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Tumbleweeds
as Molly Lassiter
1925
Movie
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)
1943
Movie
Honky Tonk
as Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)
1941
Movie
Idiot's Delight
as Nurse #1
1939
Movie
Condemned to Live
as Martha Kristan
1935
Movie
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Miss Howard (uncredited)
1939
Movie
Whistling in the Dark
as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1941
Movie
Nazi Agent
as Woman (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Woman at Railroad Station
1940
Movie
How to Read
as Dental Patient (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Main Street on the March!
as Nurse (uncredited)
1941