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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Lost Angel | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1943-12-23 |
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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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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Secretary (uncredited) | 1943-05-08 |
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Family Troubles | 1943-04-03 | |
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Seeing Hands | Ben's Mother (uncredited) | 1943-07-03 |
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Du Barry Was a Lady | Ambrose's Wife (uncredited) | 1943-08-13 |
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Slightly Dangerous | Customer (uncredited) | 1943-04-01 |
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Who's Superstitious? | Wife | 1943-01-02 |
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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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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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Ship Ahoy | Mrs. Loring | 1942-04-16 |
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Born to Sing | Woman at Accident Scene (uncredited) | 1942-02-18 |
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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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Main Street on the March! | Nurse (uncredited) | 1941-12-09 |
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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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Honky Tonk | Salvation Army Woman (uncredited) | 1941-10-01 |
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Love Crazy | Renny's Secretary (uncredited) | 1941-05-23 |
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Whistling in the Dark | Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1941-08-08 |
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1-2-3-Go! | Nurse | 1941-04-26 |
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Maisie Was a Lady | Nurse (Uncredited) | 1941-01-10 |
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Sucker List | Secretary (uncredited) | 1941-07-26 |
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You, the People | Rooming House Diner | 1940-11-30 |
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Boom Town | Nurse (uncredited) | 1940-08-30 |
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Go West | Baby's Mother on Stagecoach (uncredited) | 1940-12-06 |
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Pound Foolish | Mayor's Secretary | 1940-01-27 |
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The Earl of Chicago | Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited) | 1940-01-05 |
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Gold Rush Maisie | Mrs. Hartley (Uncredited) | 1940-07-26 |
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Women in Hiding | Head Nurse Miss Townsend (uncredited) | 1940-06-22 |
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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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We Who Are Young | Hospital Phone Operator (uncredited) | 1940-07-19 |
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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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Alfalfa's Double | Alfalfa's Mother | 1940-01-20 |
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A Way in the Wilderness | Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited) | 1940-06-22 |
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All About Hash | Alfalfa's Mother | 1940-03-30 |
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Sky Murder | Grand's Maid | 1940-09-27 |
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The Domineering Male | Party Hostess (uncredited) | 1940-03-30 |
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Bubbling Troubles | Alfalfa's Mom (uncredited) | 1940-05-25 |
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I Love You Again | Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited) | 1940-08-09 |
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Little Nellie Kelly | Miss Wilson (uncredited) | 1940-11-22 |
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American Spoken Here | Corset Buyer (uncredited) | 1940-11-30 |
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Angel of Mercy | Wife (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
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Radio Hams | Mrs. Crane | 1939-05-19 |
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Burn 'Em Up O'Connor | Woman in Movie House (uncredited) | 1939-01-13 |
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Dancing Co-Ed | Secretary (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-09-29 |
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Miss Howard (uncredited) | 1939-07-21 |
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Four Girls in White | Nurse Behind Counter | 1939-01-27 |
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Within the Law | Sarah - Gilder's Secretary | 1939-03-17 |
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Alfalfa's Aunt | Martha Switzer | 1939-01-07 |
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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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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Neighbor | 1939-12-01 |
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Sergeant Madden | Nurse | 1939-03-24 |
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Broadway Serenade | Gracie (uncredited) | 1939-04-07 |
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On Borrowed Time | Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited) | 1939-07-07 |
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Calling Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carew's Secretary (uncredited) | 1939-04-28 |
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Tiny Troubles | Alfalfa's mother | 1939-02-18 |
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The First Hundred Years | Sadie (uncredited) | 1938-03-12 |
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Boys Town | Nun (uncredited) | 1938-09-08 |
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The Chaser | Brandon's Secretary | 1938-07-29 |
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Too Hot to Handle | MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited) | 1938-09-16 |
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Fast Company | MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited) | 1938-07-05 |
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Men in Fright | Sonny's Mother (uncredited) | 1938-10-15 |
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Rich Man, Poor Girl | Kate | 1938-08-12 |
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Woman Against Woman | Nurse Sherwood | 1938-06-24 |
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That Mothers Might Live | Nun Reading Book (uncredited) | 1938-04-30 |
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Miracle Money | Miss Grant (uncredited) | 1938-03-26 |
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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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Navy Blue and Gold | Hospital Nurse (uncredited) | 1937-11-19 |
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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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Big City | Woman Who Screams (uncredited) | 1937-09-03 |
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The Grand Bounce | Doctor's Secretary (uncredited) | 1937-05-22 |
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Ring Around the Moon | Carol Anderson | 1936-02-15 |
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Easy Money | Mrs. Ada Turner | 1936-06-13 |
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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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The Public Pays | Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited) | 1936-10-10 |
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Born to Dance | Hector's Secretary (uncredited) | 1936-11-27 |
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The Mine with the Iron Door | Secretary | 1936-05-06 |
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The Keeper of the Bees | Nurse | 1935-07-14 |
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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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Condemned to Live | Martha Kristan | 1935-09-15 |
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Midnight Phantom | Kathleen Ryan | 1935-11-26 |
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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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Sons of Steel | Miss Peters | 1934-12-14 |
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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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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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Tol'able David | Rose Kinemon | 1930-11-15 |
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Sunny | Margaret Manners | 1930-11-09 |
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The Love Trader | Luane | 1930-09-25 |
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The Lash | Lupe | 1930-12-14 |
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Smoke Bellew | Joy Gastrell | 1929-01-25 |
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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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The Broken Mask | Caricia | 1928-01-01 |
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The Port of Missing Girls | Ruth King | 1928-03-19 |
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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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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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Backstage | Julia Joyce | 1927-04-01 |
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A Man's Past | Yvonne Fontaine | 1927-10-01 |
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Sunshine of Paradise Alley | Sunshine O'Day | 1926-12-15 |
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Devil’s Dice | 1926-10-05 | |
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Old Loves and New | Marny | 1926-04-11 |
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The Sporting Lover | 1926-06-16 | |
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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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Percy | Imogene Chandler | 1925-04-05 |
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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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What Fools Men | Jenny McFarlan | 1925-09-13 |
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The Whipping Boss | Grace Woodward | 1924-02-09 |
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Women Who Give | Emily Swift | 1924-03-03 |
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Romance Land | Nan Harvess | 1923-02-11 |
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The Acquittal | Edith Craig | 1923-11-19 |
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The Forbidden Lover | Maria Almada | 1923-07-28 |
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Souls for Sale | Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary | 1923-04-22 |
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The Tie That Binds | Mary Ellen Gray | 1923-03-15 |
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The Spoilers | Helen Chester | 1923-08-26 |
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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 Power of Love | Maria Almeda | 1922-09-27 |
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The Face of the World | Thora | 1921-08-01 |
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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 Last of the Mohicans | Cora Munro | 1920-11-21 |
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The Cradle of Courage | Nora | 1920-09-19 |
