Actor

Barbara Bedford

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Acting credits

148

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.4

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Movies: 147Series: 1

TMDB ID: 148527

IMDb ID: nm0066024

Known for: Acting

Born: July 19, 1903

Died: October 25, 1981

Age: 78

Place of birth: Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1920 - 1955

Years active: 36

Average TMDB rating: 6.42

Wikidata: Q2883905

Also known as

Violet May Rose • Violet Rose • Барбара Бедфорд

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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.