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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Whistling in the Dark | Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1941-08-08 |
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Main Street on the March! | Nurse (uncredited) | 1941-12-09 |
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Honky Tonk | Salvation Army Woman (uncredited) | 1941-10-01 |
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Come Back, Miss Pipps | Angry Parent (uncredited) | 1941-10-24 |
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Love Crazy | Renny's Secretary (uncredited) | 1941-05-23 |
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1-2-3-Go! | Nurse | 1941-04-26 |
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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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Maisie Was a Lady | Nurse (Uncredited) | 1941-01-10 |
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Boom Town | Nurse (uncredited) | 1940-08-30 |
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Pound Foolish | Mayor's Secretary | 1940-01-27 |
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Women in Hiding | Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited) | 1940-06-22 |
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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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You, the People | Rooming House Diner | 1940-11-30 |
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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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Third Finger, Left Hand | Woman at Railroad Station | 1940-10-11 |
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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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Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Carew's Secretary (uncredited) | 1940-09-06 |
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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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Idiot's Delight | Nurse #1 | 1939-01-27 |
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On Borrowed Time | Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited) | 1939-07-07 |
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Stronger Than Desire | Miss Watson - Flagg's Secretary (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
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Within the Law | Sarah - Gilder's Secretary | 1939-03-17 |
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Sergeant Madden | Nurse | 1939-03-24 |
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Dancing Co-Ed | Secretary (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-09-29 |
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Calling Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited) | 1939-04-28 |
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Broadway Serenade | Gracie (uncredited) | 1939-04-07 |
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Boys Town | Nun (uncredited) | 1938-09-08 |
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Too Hot to Handle | MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited) | 1938-09-16 |
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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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Young Dr. Kildare | Nurse (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
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Miracle Money | Miss Grant (uncredited) | 1938-03-26 |
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Woman Against Woman | Nurse Sherwood | 1938-06-24 |
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Fast Company | MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited) | 1938-07-05 |
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The Chaser | Brandon's Secretary | 1938-07-29 |
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The First Hundred Years | Sadie (uncredited) | 1938-03-12 |
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How to Read | Dental Patient (uncredited) | 1938-08-27 |
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Rich Man, Poor Girl | Kate | 1938-08-12 |
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Navy Blue and Gold | Hospital Nurse (uncredited) | 1937-11-19 |
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Big City | Woman Who Screams (uncredited) | 1937-09-03 |
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Song of Revolt | Peasant Woman (uncredited) | 1937-05-29 |
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It May Happen to You | Nurse (uncredited) | 1937-06-05 |
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The Grand Bounce | Doctor's Secretary (uncredited) | 1937-05-22 |
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Born to Dance | Hector's Secretary (uncredited) | 1936-11-27 |
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Easy Money | Mrs. Ada Turner | 1936-06-13 |
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The Mine with the Iron Door | Secretary | 1936-05-06 |
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Three on a Limb | Addie | 1936-01-03 |
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Brilliant Marriage | Brenda | 1936-03-25 |
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Ring Around the Moon | Carol Anderson | 1936-02-15 |
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The Public Pays | Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited) | 1936-10-10 |
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Condemned to Live | Martha Kristan | 1935-09-15 |
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3 Kids and a Queen | Nurse | 1935-10-21 |
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On Probation | Mable Gordon | 1935-04-01 |
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The Keeper of the Bees | Nurse | 1935-07-14 |
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Circumstantial Evidence | Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited) | 1935-03-30 |
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Forced Landing | Mrs. Margaret Byrd | 1935-12-02 |
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Midnight Phantom | Kathleen Ryan | 1935-11-26 |
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Tomorrow's Youth | Miss Booth | 1934-10-14 |
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A Girl of the Limberlost | Elvira Carney | 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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Desert Vengeance | Anne Dixon | 1931-01-25 |
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The Lady from Nowhere | Mollie Carter | 1931-08-01 |
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Brothers | Doris LaRue | 1931-05-18 |
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Sunny | Margaret Manners | 1930-11-09 |
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The Lash | Lupe | 1930-12-14 |
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Tol'able David | Rose Kinemon | 1930-11-15 |
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The Love Trader | Luane | 1930-09-25 |
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Smoke Bellew | Joy Gastrell | 1929-01-25 |
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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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Bitter Sweets | Bett Kingston | 1928-09-05 |
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Marry the Girl | Elinor | 1928-03-01 |
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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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The Haunted House | Nancy | 1928-11-04 |
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The Notorious Lady | Mary Marlowe / Mary Brownlee | 1927-03-26 |
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Life of an Actress | Nora Dowen | 1927-02-15 |
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Backstage | Julia Joyce | 1927-04-01 |
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A Man's Past | Yvonne Fontaine | 1927-10-01 |
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Mockery | Countess Tatiana Alexandrova | 1927-08-13 |
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The Girl from Gay Paree | Mary Davis | 1927-10-01 |
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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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Champion of Lost Causes | Beatrice Charles | 1925-01-22 |
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Tumbleweeds | Molly Lassiter | 1925-12-27 |
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The Talker | Barbara Farley | 1925-05-24 |
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The Mad Whirl | Margie Taylor | 1925-03-02 |
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What Fools Men | Jenny McFarlan | 1925-09-13 |
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Percy | Imogene Chandler | 1925-04-05 |
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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 Spoilers | Helen Chester | 1923-08-26 |
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Romance Land | Nan Harvess | 1923-02-11 |
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Souls for Sale | Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary | 1923-04-22 |
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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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The Tie That Binds | Mary Ellen Gray | 1923-03-15 |
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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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The Unfoldment | Martha Osborne | 1922-01-01 |
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The Power of Love | Maria Almeda | 1922-09-27 |
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Out of the Silent North | Marcette Vallois | 1922-06-19 |
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Alias Julius Caesar | Helen | 1922-07-10 |
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Arabia | Janice Terhune | 1922-11-05 |
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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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The Face of the World | Thora | 1921-08-01 |
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Cinderella of the Hills | Norris Gradley | 1921-10-23 |
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The Cradle of Courage | Nora | 1920-09-19 |
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Deep Waters | Betty West | 1920-10-10 |
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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) |
