Person Details

Birthday: 1903-07-19 21:13:34

Death: 1981-10-25 21:13:34

Aliases: Violet May Rose , Violet Rose

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Eastman, Wisconsin, USA

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Movie Involvements: 86

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Boom Town
Average
7

Boom Town

(1940) Nurse (uncredited)
Boys Town
Average
7

Boys Town

(1938) Nun (uncredited)
The Last of the Mohicans
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6

The Last of the Mohicans

(1920) Cora Munro
Reunion in France
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7

Reunion in France

(1942) Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
Tumbleweeds
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6

Tumbleweeds

(1925) Molly Lassiter
Easy Money
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5

Easy Money

(1936) Mrs. Ada Turner
A Girl of the Limberlost
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1

A Girl of the Limberlost

(1934) Elvira Carney
Calling Dr. Kildare
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6

Calling Dr. Kildare

(1939) Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1945 Visitors Matron
1944 Ritz Patron (uncredited)
1943 Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Chaperon at Dance
Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)
Ben's Mother (uncredited)
Secretary (uncredited)
Assistant Boardinghouse Manager
N/A
Customer (uncredited)
Wife
1942 Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
Mrs. Loring
Lady Behind the Door
Woman (uncredited)
Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
Nurse
Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)
1941 Miss Douglas (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Angry Parent (uncredited)
Salvation Army Woman
Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Secretary (uncredited)
Renny's Secretary (uncredited)
Nurse (Uncredited)
1940 Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
Corset Buyer (uncredited)
Rooming House Diner
Miss Wilson the Nurse with Baby (uncredited)
Woman at Railroad Station
Grand's Maid
Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)
Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Kingston's Secretary
Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)
Party Hostess (uncredited)
Bride (uncredited)
Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)
1939 Neighbor
Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
Miss Howard (uncredited)
Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)
Wife (uncredited)
Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
Gracie (uncredited)
Nurse
Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
Alfalfa's mother
Nurse Behind Counter
Nurse #1
Woman in Movie House (uncredited)
Martha Switzer
1938 Sonny's Mother (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Nun (uncredited)
Dental Patient (uncredited)
Kate
Brandon's Secretary
Nurse Sherwood
Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
Sadie (uncredited)
1937 Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Peasant Woman (uncredited)
Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)
1936 Hector's Secretary (uncredited)
Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
Mrs. Ada Turner
Secretary
Brenda
Carol Anderson
Addie
1935 Kathleen Ryan
Nurse
Martha Kristan
Nurse
Mable Gordon
1934 Miss Peters
Elvira Carney
Miss Booth
1933 Edith Roberts
1932 Script Girl
1931 Mollie Carter
Doris LaRue
Anne Dixon
1930 Lupe
Rose Kinemon
Margaret
Luane
1929 Joy Gastrell
1928 Self
Nancy
N/A
Ruth King
Caricia
1927 Yvonne Fontaine
Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
Julia Joyce
Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee
1926 Sunshine O'Day
N/A
Marny
1925 Molly Lassiter
Jenny McFarlan
Barbara Farley
Imogene Chandler
Margie Taylor
1924 Emily Swift
Grace Woodward
1923 Edith Craig
Helen Chester
Herself - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
Mary Ellen Gray
Nan Harvess
1922 Mercia Solano
Janice Terhune
Maria Almeda
Lorraine Leighton
Martha Osborne
1921 N/A
Thora
Hope Standish
1920 Cora Munro
Nora
Year Character Movie/Tv

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