1903-07-19 Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
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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Girls of the Big House | Visitors Matron | 1945-11-02 |
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Meet the People | Ritz Patron (uncredited) | 1944-06-01 |
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Seeing Hands | Ben's Mother (uncredited) | 1943-07-03 |
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Slightly Dangerous | Customer (uncredited) | 1943-04-01 |
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Secretary (uncredited) | 1943-05-08 |
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Lost Angel | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1943-12-23 |
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Du Barry Was a Lady | Ambrose's Wife (uncredited) | 1943-08-13 |
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Who's Superstitious? | Wife | 1943-01-02 |
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Presenting Lily Mars | Assistant Boardinghouse Manager | 1943-04-29 |
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Best Foot Forward | Chaperone at Dance | 1943-10-08 |
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Family Troubles | 1943-04-03 | |
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Flag of Mercy | Nurse | 1942-01-31 |
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The Lady or the Tiger? | Lady Behind the Door | 1942-03-28 |
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Born to Sing | Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited) | 1942-02-18 |
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Tortilla Flat | Nun | 1942-05-21 |
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Nazi Agent | Woman (uncredited) | 1942-03-01 |
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Ship Ahoy | Mrs. Loring | 1942-04-16 |
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Reunion in France | Mme. Vigouroux (uncredited) | 1942-12-25 |
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Inflation | Woman in Close-Out Sale Montage (uncredited) | 1942-01-01 |
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Honky Tonk | Salvation Army Woman (uncredited) | 1941-10-01 |
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Main Street on the March! | Nurse (uncredited) | 1941-12-09 |
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Maisie Was a Lady | Nurse (Uncredited) | 1941-01-10 |
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1-2-3-Go! | Nurse | 1941-04-26 |
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Whistling in the Dark | Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1941-08-08 |
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Come Back, Miss Pipps | Angry Parent (uncredited) | 1941-10-24 |
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Wedding Worries | Miss Douglas (uncredited) | 1941-12-13 |
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Sucker List | Secretary (uncredited) | 1941-07-26 |
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Love Crazy | Renny's Secretary (uncredited) | 1941-05-23 |
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Pound Foolish | Mayor's Secretary | 1940-01-27 |
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Boom Town | Nurse (uncredited) | 1940-08-30 |
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You, the People | Rooming House Diner | 1940-11-30 |
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The Earl of Chicago | Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited) | 1940-01-05 |
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Little Nellie Kelly | Miss Wilson (uncredited) | 1940-11-22 |
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Women in Hiding | Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited) | 1940-06-22 |
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Bubbling Troubles | Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited) | 1940-05-25 |
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We Who Are Young | Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited) | 1940-07-19 |
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Alfalfa's Double | Alfalfa's Mother | 1940-01-20 |
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All About Hash | Alfalfa's Mother | 1940-03-30 |
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The Domineering Male | Party Hostess (uncredited) | 1940-03-30 |
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American Spoken Here | Corset Buyer (uncredited) | 1940-11-30 |
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Sky Murder | Grand's Maid | 1940-09-27 |
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Carew's Secretary (uncredited) | 1940-09-06 |
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Gold Rush Maisie | Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited) | 1940-07-26 |
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Florian | Kingston's Secretary | 1940-06-05 |
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Third Finger, Left Hand | Woman at Railroad Station | 1940-10-11 |
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That Inferior Feeling | Bride (uncredited) | 1940-01-20 |
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A Way in the Wilderness | Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited) | 1940-06-22 |
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Go West | Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited) | 1940-12-06 |
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I Love You Again | Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited) | 1940-08-09 |
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Four Girls in White | Nurse Behind Counter | 1939-01-27 |
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Alfalfa's Aunt | Martha Switzer | 1939-01-07 |
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Burn 'Em Up O'Connor | Woman in Movie House (uncredited) | 1939-01-13 |
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Miss Howard (uncredited) | 1939-07-21 |
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Angel of Mercy | Wife (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Neighbor | 1939-12-01 |
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Tiny Troubles | Alfalfa's mother | 1939-02-18 |
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Radio Hams | Mrs. Crane | 1939-05-19 |
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Broadway Serenade | Gracie (uncredited) | 1939-04-07 |
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Calling Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited) | 1939-04-28 |
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On Borrowed Time | Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited) | 1939-07-07 |
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Within the Law | Sarah - Gilder's Secretary | 1939-03-17 |
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Idiot's Delight | Nurse #1 | 1939-01-27 |
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Stronger Than Desire | Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
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Dancing Co-Ed | Secretary (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-09-29 |
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Sergeant Madden | Nurse | 1939-03-24 |
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Too Hot to Handle | MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited) | 1938-09-16 |
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The Chaser | Brandon's Secretary | 1938-07-29 |
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Boys Town | Nun (uncredited) | 1938-09-08 |
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Men in Fright | Sonny's Mother (uncredited) | 1938-10-15 |
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That Mothers Might Live | Nun Reading Book (uncredited) | 1938-04-30 |
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Woman Against Woman | Nurse Sherwood | 1938-06-24 |
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Rich Man, Poor Girl | Kate | 1938-08-12 |
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Fast Company | MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited) | 1938-07-05 |
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How to Read | Dental Patient (uncredited) | 1938-08-27 |
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Young Dr. Kildare | Nurse (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
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Miracle Money | Miss Grant (uncredited) | 1938-03-26 |
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The First Hundred Years | Sadie (uncredited) | 1938-03-12 |
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Big City | Woman Who Screams (uncredited) | 1937-09-03 |
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Navy Blue and Gold | Hospital Nurse (uncredited) | 1937-11-19 |
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The Grand Bounce | Doctor's Secretary (uncredited) | 1937-05-22 |
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It May Happen to You | Nurse (uncredited) | 1937-06-05 |
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Song of Revolt | Peasant Woman (uncredited) | 1937-05-29 |
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Three on a Limb | Addie | 1936-01-03 |
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Easy Money | Mrs. Ada Turner | 1936-06-13 |
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The Public Pays | Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited) | 1936-10-10 |
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Brilliant Marriage | Brenda | 1936-03-25 |
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The Mine with the Iron Door | Secretary | 1936-05-06 |
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Born to Dance | Hector's Secretary (uncredited) | 1936-11-27 |
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Ring Around the Moon | Carol Anderson | 1936-02-15 |
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Condemned to Live | Martha Kristan | 1935-09-15 |
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Circumstantial Evidence | Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited) | 1935-03-30 |
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On Probation | Mable Gordon | 1935-04-01 |
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Forced Landing | Mrs. Margaret Byrd | 1935-12-02 |
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3 Kids and a Queen | Nurse | 1935-10-21 |
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The Keeper of the Bees | Nurse | 1935-07-14 |
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Midnight Phantom | Kathleen Ryan | 1935-11-26 |
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A Girl of the Limberlost | Elvira Carney | 1934-10-14 |
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Tomorrow's Youth | Miss Booth | 1934-10-14 |
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Sons of Steel | Miss Peters | 1934-12-14 |
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Found Alive | Edith Roberts | 1933-04-11 |
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The Death Kiss | Script Girl | 1932-12-05 |
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The Lady from Nowhere | Mollie Carter | 1931-08-01 |
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Desert Vengeance | Anne Dixon | 1931-01-25 |
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Brothers | Doris LaRue | 1931-05-18 |
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The Lash | Lupe | 1930-12-14 |
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The Love Trader | Luane | 1930-09-25 |
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Sunny | Margaret Manners | 1930-11-09 |
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Tol'able David | Rose Kinemon | 1930-11-15 |
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Smoke Bellew | Joy Gastrell | 1929-01-25 |
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The Port of Missing Girls | Ruth King | 1928-03-19 |
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The Broken Mask | Caricia | 1928-01-01 |
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Bitter Sweets | Bett Kingston | 1928-09-05 |
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The Haunted House | Nancy | 1928-11-04 |
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Fashion News | Self | 1928-11-06 |
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The Cavalier | Lucia D'Arquista | 1928-11-01 |
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Life of an Actress | Nora Dowen | 1927-02-15 |
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The Notorious Lady | Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee | 1927-03-26 |
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A Man's Past | Yvonne Fontaine | 1927-10-01 |
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Backstage | Julia Joyce | 1927-04-01 |
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The Girl from Gay Paree | Mary Davis | 1927-10-01 |
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Mockery | Countess Tatiana Alexandrova | 1927-08-13 |
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Old Loves and New | Marny | 1926-04-11 |
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Sunshine of Paradise Alley | Sunshine O'Day | 1926-12-15 |
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The Sporting Lover | 1926-06-16 | |
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Devil’s Dice | 1926-10-05 | |
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The Talker | Barbara Farley | 1925-05-24 |
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Tumbleweeds | Molly Lassiter | 1925-12-27 |
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Champion of Lost Causes | Beatrice Charles | 1925-01-22 |
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The Mad Whirl | Margie Taylor | 1925-03-02 |
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Percy | Imogene Chandler | 1925-04-05 |
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What Fools Men | Jenny McFarlan | 1925-09-13 |
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Pagan Passions | Shirley Dangerfield | 1924-02-29 |
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Women Who Give | Emily Swift | 1924-03-03 |
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The Whipping Boss | Grace Woodward | 1924-02-09 |
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The Forbidden Lover | Maria Almada | 1923-07-28 |
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The Acquittal | Edith Craig | 1923-11-19 |
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Souls for Sale | Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary | 1923-04-22 |
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The Spoilers | Helen Chester | 1923-08-26 |
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Romance Land | Nan Harvess | 1923-02-11 |
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The Tie That Binds | Mary Ellen Gray | 1923-03-15 |
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Alias Julius Caesar | Helen | 1922-07-10 |
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Man Under Cover | Margaret Langdon | 1922-10-04 |
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Arabian Love | Nadine Fortier | 1922-04-09 |
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Out of the Silent North | Marcette Vallois | 1922-06-19 |
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The Power of Love | Maria Almeda | 1922-09-27 |
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Arabia | Janice Terhune | 1922-11-05 |
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The Unfoldment | Martha Osborne | 1922-01-01 |
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Another Man's Shoes | Mercia Solano | 1922-11-06 |
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Step on It! | Lorraine Leighton | 1922-05-29 |
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The Big Punch | Hope Standish | 1921-02-13 |
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Cinderella of the Hills | Norris Gradley | 1921-10-23 |
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The Face of the World | Thora | 1921-08-01 |
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Deep Waters | Betty West | 1920-10-10 |
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The Cradle of Courage | Nora | 1920-09-19 |
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The Last of the Mohicans | Cora Munro | 1920-11-21 |
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The Miracle of Salt Lake | Pioneer Woman (Uncredited) |
