Alma Rayford

{{short description|American actress}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Alma Rayford

| image = Hearts o' the Range (1921) - 3.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| caption = Rayford with an unidentified actor in a scene from Hearts o' the Range (1921).

| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|3|24}}

| birth_place = Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{dda|1987|2|14|1903|3|24}}

| death_place = El Paso, Texas, U.S.

| othername =

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1921–1934 (film)

}}

Alma Rayford (March 24, 1903 – February 14, 1987) was an American film actress of the silent era.{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476609058 |pages=316–317 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Alma+Rayford%22&pg=PA316 |accessdate=25 October 2018 |language=en}}

Rayford was born on a ranch in Oklahoma and learned to ride horses as she grew up there.{{cite news |title=Screen Secrets |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/147960581/ |access-date=May 24, 2024 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=July 24, 1927 |page=56|via = Newspapers.com }}

Rayford specialized in western films, appearing in 18 features and a number of two-reel films.