Barbara Bedford
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 19, 1903 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
- Died
- October 25, 1981
- Active Years
- 1920–1955 (36 Years)
- Total Credits
- 159 credits in database
Acting Born Jul 19, 1903 Died Oct 25, 1981 Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA 159 credits
Biography
Barbara Bedford was an American actress born Violet May Rose on July 19, 1903. She appeared in dozens of silent movies. Her career declined after the introduction of sound, but she continued to appear in small roles until 1945. Bedford's early career was facilitated by her connections in the film industry, including William S. Hart and John Gilbert. She worked with director Maurice Tourneur on several films. Bedford's acting credits include numerous silent movies, although specific titles are not mentioned in available sources. She passed away on October 25, 1981.
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Career overview
Barbara Bedford was an American actress who began her career in the film industry. She started her career after high school, moving to Hollywood where she was able to secure a small role in the 1920 movie The Cradle of Courage, thanks to the help of actor William S. Hart. Bedford's early career involved working as an extra and she was noticed by fellow cast member John Gilbert while working on The White Circle in 1920. Gilbert recommended her to director Maurice Tourneur, who cast her in the film Deep Waters.
Bedford went on to appear in dozens of silent movies throughout her career. She worked with director Maurice Tourneur on several occasions, including in the film The Last of the Mohicans. Bedford's career declined after the introduction of sound in films, but she continued to appear in small roles until 1945.
Bedford's acting career spanned over two decades, during which she appeared in numerous films. The exact details of her filmography are not specified in the provided sources, but it is mentioned that she appeared in dozens of silent movies and continued to work in the industry until 1945.
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Career timeline
MGM Parade
Girls of the Big House
Meet the People
Du Barry Was a LadyPresenting Lily MarsSlightly DangerousBest Foot ForwardDr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Reunion in FranceTortilla FlatShip AhoyNazi AgentBorn to Sing
Honky TonkLove CrazyMaisie Was a LadyWhistling in the DarkMain Street on the March!
Go WestBoom TownI Love You AgainGold Rush MaisieFlorian
Idiot's DelightOn Borrowed TimeBroadway SerenadeCalling Dr. KildareDancing Co-Ed
Boys TownToo Hot to HandleFast CompanyThe ChaserYoung Dr. Kildare
Navy Blue and GoldBig CityIt May Happen to YouThe Grand BounceSong of Revolt
Born to DanceBrilliant MarriageEasy MoneyRing Around the MoonThe Public Pays
3 Kids and a QueenThe Keeper of the BeesCondemned to LiveForced LandingCircumstantial Evidence
Sons of SteelTomorrow's YouthA Girl of the Limberlost
Found Alive
The Death Kiss
BrothersThe Lady from NowhereDesert Vengeance
SunnyTol'able DavidThe LashThe Love Trader
Smoke Bellew
Bitter SweetsMarry the GirlThe Port of Missing GirlsThe Haunted HouseThe Broken Mask
BackstageThe Notorious LadyMockeryA Man's PastLife of an Actress
Old Loves and NewThe Sporting LoverDevil’s DiceSunshine of Paradise Alley
TumbleweedsThe TalkerChampion of Lost CausesThe Mad WhirlWhat Fools Men
Pagan PassionsThe Whipping BossWomen Who Give
Souls for SaleThe SpoilersThe AcquittalThe Forbidden LoverThe Tie That Binds
Arabian LoveAlias Julius CaesarThe Power of LoveOut of the Silent NorthAnother Man's Shoes
Cinderella of the HillsThe Face of the WorldThe Big Punch
Deep WatersThe Last of the MohicansThe Cradle of Courage
Full Filmography
159 titles- MGM Parade (1955) as Self
- Girls of the Big House (1945) as Visitors Matron
- Meet the People (1944) as Ritz Patron (uncredited)
- Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)
- Presenting Lily Mars (1943) as Assistant Boardinghouse Manager
- Slightly Dangerous (1943) as Customer (uncredited)
- Best Foot Forward (1943) as Chaperone at Dance
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943) as Secretary (uncredited)
- Lost Angel (1943) as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Family Troubles (1943)
- Seeing Hands (1943) as Ben's Mother (uncredited)
- Who's Superstitious? (1943) as Wife
- Reunion in France (1942) as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
- Tortilla Flat (1942) as Nun
- Ship Ahoy (1942) as Mrs. Loring
- Nazi Agent (1942) as Woman (uncredited)
- Born to Sing (1942) as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
- Flag of Mercy (1942) as Nurse
- Inflation (1942) as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)
- The Lady or the Tiger? (1942) as Lady Behind the Door
- Honky Tonk (1941) as Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)
- Love Crazy (1941) as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)
- Maisie Was a Lady (1941) as Nurse (Uncredited)
- Whistling in the Dark (1941) as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Main Street on the March! (1941) as Nurse (uncredited)
- Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941) as Angry Parent (uncredited)
- Wedding Worries (1941) as Miss Douglas (uncredited)
- 1-2-3-Go! (1941) as Nurse
- Sucker List (1941) as Secretary (uncredited)
- Go West (1940) as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
- Boom Town (1940) as Nurse (uncredited)
- I Love You Again (1940) as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
- Gold Rush Maisie (1940) as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
- Florian (1940) as Kingston's Secretary
- The Earl of Chicago (1940) as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)
- You, the People (1940) as Rooming House Diner
- Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) as Woman at Railroad Station
- Little Nellie Kelly (1940) as Miss Wilson (uncredited)
- Sky Murder (1940) as Grand's Maid
- We Who Are Young (1940) as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)
- American Spoken Here (1940) as Corset Buyer (uncredited)
- Women in Hiding (1940) as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940) as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
- Pound Foolish (1940) as Mayor's Secretary
- All About Hash (1940) as Alfalfa's Mother
- The Domineering Male (1940) as Party Hostess (uncredited)
- Alfalfa's Double (1940) as Alfalfa's Mother
- A Way in the Wilderness (1940) as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
- Bubbling Troubles (1940) as Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)
- That Inferior Feeling (1940) as Bride (uncredited)
- Idiot's Delight (1939) as Nurse #1
- On Borrowed Time (1939) as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
- Broadway Serenade (1939) as Gracie (uncredited)
- Calling Dr. Kildare (1939) as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
- Dancing Co-Ed (1939) as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
- Within the Law (1939) as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
- Sergeant Madden (1939) as Nurse
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939) as Neighbor
- Stronger Than Desire (1939) as Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)
- Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939) as Miss Howard (uncredited)
- Radio Hams (1939) as Mrs. Crane
- Four Girls in White (1939) as Nurse Behind Counter
- Tiny Troubles (1939) as Alfalfa's mother
- Angel of Mercy (1939) as Wife (uncredited)
- Alfalfa's Aunt (1939) as Martha Switzer
- Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939) as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)
- Boys Town (1938) as Nun (uncredited)
- Too Hot to Handle (1938) as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)
- Fast Company (1938) as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)
- The Chaser (1938) as Brandon's Secretary
- Young Dr. Kildare (1938) as Nurse (uncredited)
- That Mothers Might Live (1938) as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
- Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) as Kate
- Miracle Money (1938) as Miss Grant (uncredited)
- The First Hundred Years (1938) as Sadie (uncredited)
- Woman Against Woman (1938) as Nurse Sherwood
- Men in Fright (1938) as Sonny's Mother (uncredited)
- How to Read (1938) as Dental Patient (uncredited)
- Navy Blue and Gold (1937) as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
- Big City (1937) as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
- It May Happen to You (1937) as Nurse (uncredited)
- The Grand Bounce (1937) as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)
- Song of Revolt (1937) as Peasant Woman (uncredited)
- Born to Dance (1936) as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)
- Brilliant Marriage (1936) as Brenda
- Easy Money (1936) as Mrs. Ada Turner
- Ring Around the Moon (1936) as Carol Anderson
- The Public Pays (1936) as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
- Three on a Limb (1936) as Addie
- The Mine with the Iron Door (1936) as Secretary
- 3 Kids and a Queen (1935) as Nurse
- The Keeper of the Bees (1935) as Nurse
- Condemned to Live (1935) as Martha Kristan
- Forced Landing (1935) as Mrs. Margaret Byrd
- Circumstantial Evidence (1935) as Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)
- On Probation (1935) as Mable Gordon
- The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) as Mrs. Munn
- Midnight Phantom (1935) as Kathleen Ryan
- Sons of Steel (1934) as Miss Peters
- Tomorrow's Youth (1934) as Miss Booth
- A Girl of the Limberlost (1934) as Elvira Carney
- Found Alive (1933) as Edith Roberts
- The Death Kiss (1932) as Script Girl
- Brothers (1931) as Doris LaRue
- The Lady from Nowhere (1931) as Mollie Carter
- Desert Vengeance (1931) as Anne Dixon
- Sunny (1930) as Margaret Manners
- Tol'able David (1930) as Rose Kinemon
- The Lash (1930) as Lupe
- The Love Trader (1930) as Luane
- Smoke Bellew (1929) as Joy Gastrell
- Bitter Sweets (1928) as Bett Kingston
- Marry the Girl (1928) as Elinor
- The Port of Missing Girls (1928) as Ruth King
- The Haunted House (1928) as Nancy
- The Broken Mask (1928) as Caricia
- Fashion News (1928) as Self
- The Cavalier (1928) as Lucia D'Arquista
- Backstage (1927) as Julia Joyce
- The Notorious Lady (1927) as Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee
- Mockery (1927) as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
- A Man's Past (1927) as Yvonne Fontaine
- Life of an Actress (1927) as Nora Dowen
- The Girl from Gay Paree (1927) as Mary Davis
- Old Loves and New (1926) as Marny
- The Sporting Lover (1926)
- Devil’s Dice (1926)
- Sunshine of Paradise Alley (1926) as Sunshine O'Day
- Tumbleweeds (1925) as Molly Lassiter
- The Talker (1925) as Barbara Farley
- Champion of Lost Causes (1925) as Beatrice Charles
- The Mad Whirl (1925) as Margie Taylor
- What Fools Men (1925) as Jenny McFarlan
- Percy (1925) as Imogene Chandler
- Pagan Passions (1924) as Shirley Dangerfield
- The Whipping Boss (1924) as Grace Woodward
- Women Who Give (1924) as Emily Swift
- Souls for Sale (1923) as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
- The Spoilers (1923) as Helen Chester
- The Acquittal (1923) as Edith Craig
- The Forbidden Lover (1923) as Maria Almada
- The Tie That Binds (1923) as Mary Ellen Gray
- Romance Land (1923) as Nan Harvess
- Arabian Love (1922) as Nadine Fortier
- Alias Julius Caesar (1922) as Helen
- The Power of Love (1922) as Maria Almeda
- Out of the Silent North (1922) as Marcette Vallois
- Another Man's Shoes (1922) as Mercia Solano
- The Unfoldment (1922) as Martha Osborne
- Man Under Cover (1922) as Margaret Langdon
- Arabia (1922) as Janice Terhune
- Step on It! (1922) as Lorraine Leighton
- Cinderella of the Hills (1921) as Norris Gradley
- The Face of the World (1921) as Thora
- The Big Punch (1921) as Hope Standish
- Deep Waters (1920) as Betty West
- The Last of the Mohicans (1920) as Cora Munro
- The Cradle of Courage (1920) as Nora
- The Miracle of Salt Lake as Pioneer Woman (Uncredited)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Barbara Bedford best known for?
Barbara Bedford is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including MGM Parade (1955), Les Misérables (2000), Belíssima (2005), Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943).
When and where was Barbara Bedford born?
Barbara Bedford was born on July 19, 1903 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA. They passed away on October 25, 1981.
How many credits does Barbara Bedford have?
Barbara Bedford has accumulated over 159 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1920 to 1955.
What is Barbara Bedford's background in cinema and television?
Barbara Bedford was an American actress born Violet May Rose on July 19, 1903. She appeared in dozens of silent movies. Her career declined after the introduction of sound, but she continued to appear in small roles until 1945. Bedford's early career was facilitated by her connections in the film industry, including Wi...
Barbara Bedford by the numbers
159credits
158films
1TV series
1920–1955active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- MGM Parade (1955) as Self — aged about 51
- Love Crazy (1941) as Renny's Secretary (uncredited) — aged about 37
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940) as Carew's Secretary (uncredited) — aged about 36
- Young Dr. Kildare (1938) as Nurse (uncredited) — aged about 34
- Calling Dr. Kildare (1939) as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited) — aged about 35
- Go West (1940) as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited) — aged about 36
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