Personal Info
Birth date
1903-07-19 (122 Years)
Day of death
1981-10-25
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
Also known as
Violet May Rose
Violet Rose
Барбара Бедфорд
Barbara Bedford
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.
Filmography
Sergeant Madden
6
Overview:
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.Circumstantial Evidence
6
Overview:
A reporter sets out to provide how unreliable circumstantial evidence is by faking a murder and then taking the rap for it. However, the "fake" murder victim turns out to be really deadLost Angel
7.5
Overview:
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and ask him to show her some magic, Mike gets more responsibility than he bargained for. Especially since another story of his, one involving gangsters, has also come home to roost.Too Hot to Handle
5.75
Overview:
While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.Broadway Serenade
6.2
Overview:
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.The Earl of Chicago
5.6
Overview:
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.Reunion in France
6.4
Overview:
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.Dr. Kildare Goes Home
6.8
Overview:
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.Slightly Dangerous
6.125
Overview:
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.On Borrowed Time
7.5
Overview:
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.Condemned to Live
5
Overview:
After a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampire committing the murders.Pound Foolish
7
Overview:
An expose of attempts by wealthy people to avoid payment of customs duties. Part of the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series.Main Street on the March!
5.6
Overview:
This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage.The Public Pays
7
Overview:
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.The Keeper of the Bees
5.9
Overview:
A severely traumatized World War I veteran, believing that he's living on borrowed time, comes upon a peaceful little village and meets an old man called Bee Master and his protégé, Little Scout, who try to convince him that he has more to live for than he thinks he does.Dancing Co-Ed
6.2
Overview:
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.Wedding Worries
6
Overview:
The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.That Mothers Might Live
6.1
Overview:
That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and his discovery of the need for cleanliness in 19th-century maternity wards, thereby significantly decreasing maternal mortality, and of his struggle to gain acceptance of his idea. Although Semmelweis ultimately failed in his lifetime, later scientific luminaries advanced his work in spirit like microbiologist Louis Pasteur, who provided a scientific theoretical explanation of Semmelweis' observations by helping develop the germ theory of disease and the British surgeon, Dr. Joseph Lister who revolutionized medicine putting Pasteur's research to practical use. In 1939, at the 11th Academy Awards, the film won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).The Last of the Mohicans
6.2
Overview:
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.3 Kids and a Queen
6
Overview:
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.Found Alive
NYR
Overview:
When a California mother loses custody of her young son to her ex-husband, she flees with the child to the jungles of Mexico with hopes of starting life anew.1-2-3-Go!
6.5
Overview:
While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents. The Our Gang kids resolve to do something about the problem, and thus the "1-2-3-Go Safety Society" is born.The Haunted House
NYR
Overview:
Four heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of the will, where they meet the estate's staff, which includes a nurse, a crazed doctor, and a sinister handyman.The Acquittal
NYR
Overview:
When a wealthy man is found murdered in his bedroom, one of his two adopted sons is arrested and charged with the killing. However, the verdict at his trial is an acquittal. Since the police don't seem to be particularly interested in finding the real killer, the dead man's daughter-in-law--the wife of the adopted son who wasn't charged--takes it upon herself to solve the crime.The Tie That Binds
NYR
Overview:
A beautiful secretary has her pick of the men in the office, but instead of marrying the boss, she takes one of his junior staff. Later, when she is suspected of committing a murder, her husband confesses to it--although he didn't do it--in order to protect her. Complications ensue.Women in Hiding
7
Overview:
In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of telling her parents and has no money to pay the hospital costs involved. She falls prey to a baby-for-sale racket with quack doctors performing their services.Angel of Mercy
6
Overview:
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.Men in Fright
5.5
Overview:
The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues.Whistling in the Dark
5.8
Overview:
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.Three on a Limb
5.6
Overview:
Scoutmaster Elmer Brown loses his heart to the pretty carhop who works in a drive-in diner. Complicating his romantic longings is her policeman fiancé. When he tries to eliminate Elmer by giving him traffic tickets for every conceivable violation, the girl takes pity on the martyred Elmer and they drive off together. She informs him that she is also fending off another suitor, Oscar; and to make matters worse, her father is backing the cop while her mother promotes Oscar. Eventually all three men wind up competing for her hand at a chaotic wedding ceremony that ends with Elmer winning his beloved.Acting
1945Girls of the Big House as Visitors Matron
1944Meet the People as Ritz Patron (uncredited)
1943Lost Angel as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1943Best Foot Forward as Chaperone at Dance
1943Du Barry Was a Lady as Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)
1943Seeing Hands as Ben's Mother (uncredited)
1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Secretary (uncredited)
1943Presenting Lily Mars as Assistant Boardinghouse Manager
1943Family Troubles as Unknown
1943Slightly Dangerous as Customer (uncredited)
1943Who's Superstitious? as Wife
1942Reunion in France as Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited)
1942Tortilla Flat as Nun
1942Ship Ahoy as Mrs. Loring
1942The Lady or the Tiger? as Lady Behind the Door
1942Nazi Agent as Woman (uncredited)
1942Born to Sing as Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
1942Flag of Mercy as Nurse
1942Inflation as Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited)
1941Wedding Worries as Miss Douglas (uncredited)
1941Main Street on the March! as Nurse (uncredited)
1941Come Back, Miss Pipps as Angry Parent (uncredited)
1941Honky Tonk as Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)
1941Whistling in the Dark as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1941Sucker List as Secretary (uncredited)
1941Love Crazy as Renny's Secretary (uncredited)
19411-2-3-Go! as Nurse
1941Maisie Was a Lady as Nurse (Uncredited)
1940Go West as Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited)
1940You, the People as Rooming House Diner
1940American Spoken Here as Corset Buyer (uncredited)
1940Little Nellie Kelly as Miss Wilson (uncredited)
1940Third Finger, Left Hand as Woman at Railroad Station
1940Sky Murder as Grand's Maid
1940Dr. Kildare Goes Home as Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
1940Boom Town as Nurse (uncredited)
1940I Love You Again as Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited)
1940Gold Rush Maisie as Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited)
1940We Who Are Young as Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited)
1940A Way in the Wilderness as Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
1940Women in Hiding as Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited)
1940Florian as Kingston's Secretary
1940Bubbling Troubles as Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited)
1940The Domineering Male as Party Hostess (uncredited)
1940All About Hash as Alfalfa's Mother
1940Pound Foolish as Mayor's Secretary
1940That Inferior Feeling as Bride (uncredited)
1940Alfalfa's Double as Alfalfa's Mother
1940The Earl of Chicago as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)
1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Neighbor
1939Dancing Co-Ed as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
1939Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever as Miss Howard (uncredited)
1939On Borrowed Time as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
1939Stronger Than Desire as Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited)
1939Angel of Mercy as Wife (uncredited)
1939Radio Hams as Mrs. Crane
1939Calling Dr. Kildare as Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited)
1939Broadway Serenade as Gracie (uncredited)
1939Sergeant Madden as Nurse
1939Within the Law as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
1939Tiny Troubles as Alfalfa's mother
1939Four Girls in White as Nurse Behind Counter
1939Idiot's Delight as Nurse #1
1939Burn 'Em Up O'Connor as Woman in Movie House (uncredited)
1939Alfalfa's Aunt as Martha Switzer
1938Men in Fright as Sonny's Mother (uncredited)
1938Young Dr. Kildare as Nurse (uncredited)
1938Too Hot to Handle as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)
1938Boys Town as Nun (uncredited)
1938How to Read as Dental Patient (uncredited)
1938Rich Man, Poor Girl as Kate
1938The Chaser as Brandon's Secretary
1938Fast Company as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)
1938Woman Against Woman as Nurse Sherwood
1938That Mothers Might Live as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
1938Miracle Money as Miss Grant (uncredited)
1938The First Hundred Years as Sadie (uncredited)
1937Navy Blue and Gold as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1937Big City as Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
1937It May Happen to You as Nurse (uncredited)
1937Song of Revolt as Peasant Woman (uncredited)
1937The Grand Bounce as Doctor's Secretary (uncredited)
1936Born to Dance as Hector's Secretary (uncredited)
1936The Public Pays as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
1936Easy Money as Mrs. Ada Turner
1936The Mine with the Iron Door as Secretary
1936Brilliant Marriage as Brenda
1936Ring Around the Moon as Carol Anderson
1936Three on a Limb as Addie
1935Forced Landing as Mrs. Margaret Byrd
1935Midnight Phantom as Kathleen Ryan
19353 Kids and a Queen as Nurse
1935Condemned to Live as Martha Kristan
1935The Keeper of the Bees as Nurse
1935On Probation as Mable Gordon
1935Circumstantial Evidence as Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)
1934Sons of Steel as Miss Peters
1934A Girl of the Limberlost as Elvira Carney
1934Tomorrow's Youth as Miss Booth
1933Found Alive as Edith Roberts
1932The Death Kiss as Script Girl
1931The Lady from Nowhere as Mollie Carter
1931Brothers as Doris LaRue
1931Desert Vengeance as Anne Dixon
1930The Lash as Lupe
1930Tol'able David as Rose Kinemon
1930Sunny as Margaret Manners
1930The Love Trader as Luane
1929Smoke Bellew as Joy Gastrell
1928Fashion News as Self
1928The Haunted House as Nancy
1928The Cavalier as Lucia D'Arquista
1928Bitter Sweets as Bett Kingston
1928The Port of Missing Girls as Ruth King
1928The Broken Mask as Caricia
1927The Girl from Gay Paree as Mary Davis
1927A Man's Past as Yvonne Fontaine
1927Mockery as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
1927Backstage as Julia Joyce
1927The Notorious Lady as Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee
1927Life of an Actress as Nora Dowen
1926Sunshine of Paradise Alley as Sunshine O'Day
1926Devil’s Dice as Unknown
1926The Sporting Lover as Unknown
1926Old Loves and New as Marny
1925Tumbleweeds as Molly Lassiter
1925What Fools Men as Jenny McFarlan
1925The Talker as Barbara Farley
1925Percy as Imogene Chandler
1925The Mad Whirl as Margie Taylor
1925Champion of Lost Causes as Beatrice Charles
1924Women Who Give as Emily Swift
1924The Whipping Boss as Grace Woodward
1923The Acquittal as Edith Craig
1923The Spoilers as Helen Chester
1923The Forbidden Lover as Maria Almada
1923Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
1923The Tie That Binds as Mary Ellen Gray
1923Romance Land as Nan Harvess
1922Another Man's Shoes as Mercia Solano
1922Arabia as Janice Terhune
1922Man Under Cover as Margaret Langdon
1922The Power of Love as Maria Almeda
1922Alias Julius Caesar as Helen
1922Step on It! as Lorraine Leighton
1922Arabian Love as Nadine Fortier
1922The Unfoldment as Martha Osborne
1921Cinderella of the Hills as Norris Gradley
1921The Face of the World as Thora
1921The Big Punch as Hope Standish
1920The Last of the Mohicans as Cora Munro
1920The Cradle of Courage as Nora