Barbara Bedford
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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Movie pageBorn to Dance
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Movie pageGo West
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Movie pageDu Barry was a Lady
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Movie pageReunion in France
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Movie pageThe Last of the Mohicans
as Cora MunroAs Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian...
Movie pageBoom Town
as Nurse (uncredited)Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both...
Movie pageSlightly Dangerous
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Movie pageOn Borrowed Time
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Movie pageThe Death Kiss
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Movie pageI Love You Again
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Movie pageThe Earl of Chicago
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Movie pageYou, the People
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Movie pageIdiot's Delight
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Movie pagePresenting Lily Mars
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Movie pageNazi Agent
as Woman (uncredited)Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he...
Movie pageCondemned to Live
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Movie pageStronger Than Desire
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Movie pageBorn to Sing
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Movie pageThe Lash
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Movie pageThird Finger, Left Hand
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Movie pageShip Ahoy
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Movie pageDr. Kildare Goes Home
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Movie pageLost Angel
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Movie pageThe Haunted House
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Movie pageBest Foot Forward
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Movie pageCalling Dr. Kildare
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Movie pageSergeant Madden
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Movie pageFlorian
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Movie pageRich Man, Poor Girl
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Movie pageCome Back, Miss Pipps
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Movie pageSunny
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Movie pageSky Murder
as Grand's MaidThis final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of...
Movie pageTiny Troubles
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Movie pageRadio Hams
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Movie pageWoman Against Woman
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Movie pageThat Mothers Might Live
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Movie pageSouls for Sale
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Movie pageAlfalfa's Double
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Movie pageSeeing Hands
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Movie pageMeet the People
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Movie pageRing Around the Moon
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Movie pageThe Mine with the Iron Door
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Movie pageGold Rush Maisie
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Movie pageMidnight Phantom
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Movie pageThe Public Pays
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Movie pageThe Big Punch
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Movie pageAndy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
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Movie pageThe Grand Bounce
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Movie pageThe Power of Love
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Movie pageLittle Nellie Kelly
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Movie pageTumbleweeds
as Molly LassiterWilliam S. Hart stars in this 1925 silent film as a cowboy intent on claiming land during the...
Movie pageWedding Worries
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Movie pageWe Who Are Young
as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)A man violates company policy by getting married.
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as uncreditedCaptain Terrance Connaughton loses his stable of horses in a card game with Algernon Cravens.
Movie pageHonky Tonk
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Movie pageBroadway Serenade
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Movie pageWhistling in the Dark
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Movie pageWithin the Law
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Movie pageBrothers
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Movie pageFour Girls in White
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Movie pageHow to Read
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Movie pageThe Broken Mask
as CariciaPertio, an Argentine dancer, has a severely scarred face that has kept him from succeeding in...
Movie pageThe Lady from Nowhere
as Mollie CarterA young couple pose as criminals in order to get the goods on their crooked bosses.
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Movie pageGirls of the Big House
as Visitors MatronA women's prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town...
Movie pageSunshine of Paradise Alley
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Movie pageThe Acquittal
as Edith CraigWhen a wealthy man is found murdered in his bedroom, one of his two adopted sons is arrested and...
Movie pageA Man's Past
as Yvonne FontaineImprisoned at the French garrison on the Isle of St. Noir for putting to death a patient...
Movie page3 Kids and a Queen
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Movie pageEasy Money
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Movie pageDr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Secretary (uncredited)In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are...
Movie pageThe Port of Missing Girls
as Ruth KingNeglected by her moneyed parents and disillusioned with her boyfriend Buddie Larkins, vocalist...
Movie pageWomen Who Give
as Emily SwiftJonathan Swift, stern Cape Cod businessman, has ambitions for his children, Emily and Noah,...
Movie pageA Girl of the Limberlost
as Elvira CarneyElnora Comstock is the badly abused daughter of Katherine Comstock, who blames her because her...
Movie pageMockery
as Countess Tatiana AlexandrovaThere is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei...
Movie pageFound Alive
as Edith RobertsWhen a California mother loses custody of her young son to her ex-husband, she flees with the...
Movie pageWomen in Hiding
as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of...
Movie pageInflation
as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
Movie pageDesert Vengeance
as Anne DixonBrother and sister Hugh and Anne Dixon pull their fake suicide scam on Jim Cardew. Hugh leaves a...
Movie pageThe Unfoldment
as Martha OsborneKatherine Nevin and her brother Jack are given positions on the newspaper of James Osborne...
Movie pageThe Notorious Lady
as Mary Marlowe / Mary BrownleeA man kills a man he finds alone with his wife. Although she is innocent of any wrong doing the...
Movie pageThe Cavalier
as Lucia D'ArquistaIn old Mexico a masked rider (Talmadge) and an impoverished girl (Bedford) fall in love, against...
Movie page1-2-3-Go!
as NurseWhile playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car....
Movie pageThe Chaser
as Brandon's SecretaryA sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop...
Movie pageSucker List
as Secretary (uncredited)In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to...
Movie pageOld Loves and New
as MarnyGervas Carew's wife, Elinor, has deserted him while he was fighting for France, for Lord Clyde...
Movie pageJoe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as NeighborJoe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get...
Movie pageWhat Fools Men
as Jenny McFarlanJoseph Greer is a wealthy businessman in New York City with all the trappings including a...
Movie pageThe Spoilers
as Helen ChesterBased on the novel The Spoilers by Rex Beach.
Movie pageBrilliant Marriage
as BrendaWhen a wealthy heiress discovers the terrible family secret that has been hidden from her since...
Movie pageThe Lady or the Tiger?
as Lady Behind the DoorAuthor Frank R. Stockton, often asked the question, finally decides to divulge the untold ending...
Movie pageThe Whipping Boss
as Grace WoodwardPrison inmates are leased by the state to a lumber company, which makes them work under...
Movie pageBurn 'Em Up O'Connor
as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.
Movie pageThe Talker
as Barbara FarleyKate Lennox is bored with suburban life and her husband, Harry. Their next-door neighbors, the...
Movie pageAmerican Spoken Here
as Corset Buyer (uncredited)This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North...
Movie pageTomorrow's Youth
as Miss BoothA look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.
Movie pageArabia
as Janice TerhuneTom Mix travels from the desert of the American West to the Sahara desert in this picture, which...
Movie pageMain Street on the March!
as Nurse (uncredited)This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the...
Movie pageThe Girl from Gay Paree
as Mary DavisMary Davis, alone and destitute in New York City, pilfers a meal from a restaurant and eludes...
Movie pagePercy
as Imogene ChandlerWestern melodrama about a sheltered youth who makes his way out West by playing the fiddle.
Movie pageIt May Happen to You
as Nurse (uncredited)From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to...
Movie pageA Way in the Wilderness
as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian...
Movie pagePound Foolish
as Mayor's SecretaryAn expose of attempts by wealthy people to avoid payment of customs duties. Part of the MGM...
Movie pageThree on a Limb
as AddieScoutmaster Elmer Brown loses his heart to the pretty carhop who works in a drive-in diner....
Movie pageOn Probation
as Mable GordonA corrupt politician adopts a young girl. A few years later he finds himself falling in love...
Movie pageWho's Superstitious?
as WifeThis short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers,...
Movie pageAll About Hash
as Alfalfa's MotherMickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night....
Movie pageTol'able David
as Rose KinemonTol'able David is a 1930 sound film directed by John G. Blystone and produced and released by...
Movie pageBackstage
as Julia JoyceJulia, Myrtle, Fanny, and Jane - all chorus girls, after weeks of rehearsing for a show, find...
Movie pageFlag of Mercy
as NurseThe 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to...
Movie pageStep on It!
as Lorraine LeightonBrother of Lorraine Leighton is falsely accused of rustling and murder and shipped off to jail....
Movie pageCinderella of the Hills
as Norris GradleyHoping to reconcile her divorced parents, Norris Gradley remains with her father, Giles, after...
Movie pageRomance Land
as Nan HarvessThis silent action comedy features Tom Mix donning a suit of armor to battle an unscrupulous...
Movie pageSmoke Bellew
as Joy GastrellA tale of the great Alaska gold rush in which a man falsely accused of murder tracks down the...
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